Winter Watch (episode umpteen)

[chickenfeet]

Observed on 2 Dec. 2003 at 7:00 AM

Condition  :     Light Snow

Temperature  :     -6°C

Pressure  :      102.5 kPa

Visibility  :     3 km

Relative Humidity  :     64%

Wind chill   :     -15

Dew Point  :     -11°C

Wind Speed  :     N 35 km/h gusting to 59 km/h

Comments

[globetrotter1.livejournal.com]

Perfect day to work at home, then.

[chickenfeet2003.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately I shall be oot and aboot today.

[badasstronaut.livejournal.com]

With a kilt and some haggis?

[chickenfeet2003.livejournal.com]

'tis merely how Americans claim Canadians talk. Just as we know that all Kiwis pronounce 8x7 as fufty sux

[thidwick.livejournal.com]

Well, Canadians DO talk like that. ;-)

Actually, it appears that there is at least one subset of Connecticut English (ie, mine) that has some "Canadian" qualities, as I have been asked on multiple occasions, by Americans, whether I am Canadian. I did go to college mere miles from the border, but I don't know whether this is something I picked up through osmosis or what! I seem to pronounce my o's funny: I say something that sounds rather like "aboat" for "about," for example. Now, I should say that this may just be a quirk of my own pronunciation and not an actual dialect thing, since no one else seems to talk like this (except my mother-in-law, but I don't think we can use her as an example since she grew up bilingual (Polish/English) and all her vowel sounds are a little whacked).

[badasstronaut.livejournal.com]

I thought Scots said "oot and aboot". Well, it sounds Scottish to me.

[chickenfeet2003.livejournal.com]

You hear the "oo" sound in some Ontario speech patterns. I have always assumed it was a function of the number of Scots immigrants.

[chickenfeet2003.livejournal.com]

I am not sure about the proximity to the border thing. People in Western NY sound very NY and not at all Canadian to me.