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Originally Posted by Shankenstein
Oh, I'll just speak some Canadian then. "Sorry, eh!"
Wife is a Belgian, so it's easy to forget aboot our poutine-eating brothers to the north. mmmm... poutine. 
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MMM poutine. Name rhymes with something else I really like. 
Funny though, I have lived in Canada my entire life and I swear the "aboot" thing was totally made up so there could be something quirky to stereotype Canadians for comedic purpose. I have seriously NEVER hear anyone with that accent. We almost all speak with the exact English dialect that newscasters on any major US network use. I'd call it North American "neutral" since by most people's standards it isn't a regional dialect but the universally accepted dialect for media, etc... probably the second most standard English accent next to the Brits.
Here is the typical Canadian accent I hear:
(spoken by 2 hosers in lumber jackets in Muskoka Ontario) " Yup, me and Doug seen you up at the beer store this mornin'. Gonna be up at the cotteege this weekend, eh? Like I said, goin' up to the coteege, eh. "
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