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All true - but what you fail to mention that Canadian English and accent varies considerably by region.

@TheSkyfolk

Ай бұрын

What might be considered a "pure" canadian accent is pretty consistent through most of the country geologically. Rural Ontarians and Rural Albertans tend to use the same kinds of slang and have very similar accents. The different accents you might think of are focused on higher population density areas around cities. GTA, Ottawa Valley, Montreal, Edmonton, etc. Of course there's the maritimes and the territories which are very different in general.

@oilersridersbluejays

Ай бұрын

@TheSkyfolk that’s not true at all. Rural Ontarians don’t sound like rural Albertans, Saskatchewanians, or Manitobans. I live in rural Saskatchewan and I don’t notice a difference between us and Albertans at all, whether rural nor urban. Manitobans round their vowels a little more than we do but not anywhere near what rural Ontarians sound like. Rural Albertans, Saskatchewanians, and Manitonans sound much more like Montanans or North Dakotans (Midwestern US accent) than we do anyone from the rest of Canada. The slang is also different sometimes. We have words like slough (a pond out in a field), bluff (a grove of trees on the otherwise bald prairie), and bunnyhug (a hooded sweater) that the rest of Canada has no clue what we are saying. If someone is from Ontario (especially a rural part) I immediately know they’re from eastern Canada.

@peterbeninger7068

Ай бұрын

Hoo boy, go to small fishing villages on the Nfld West Coast and I guarantee you won’t understand 10% of what is being spoken!!!!

@susyQ564

Ай бұрын

So does USA so

@HerdItThruTheGrapeVine

Ай бұрын

@@peterbeninger7068right

Hydro is used to indicate power in places like Quebec, Ontario and BC because their power comes from a water source. People on the Prairies use "power" to describe a power pole.

@rodneyferris4089

Ай бұрын

and Manitoba

@vernonmcphee6746

Ай бұрын

@@rodneyferris4089And the Maritimes.

@koshka02

Ай бұрын

that's what I was thinking. I have no problem saying "power" or "power outage"- but we rely on hydroelectricity.

@oilersridersbluejays

Ай бұрын

Saskatchewanian here. Hydro sounds weird and doesn’t really make sense. Hydro means water, and not all electricity comes from hydroelectric sources. Electricity is a power source so it makes more sense to say power.

@lalylunssporadicchronicles6404

Ай бұрын

I was so confused about colour and color and the other 3 thanks😊

It doesn't matter how you pronounce most of the American words in English 😸 you're the best Canadian teacher!

@LearnEnglishwithBobtheCanadian

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot James! 😎🐕🍁

@mariaacosta7670

2 жыл бұрын

Yes. I agree with you.

@kellygonzalezsuarez

Жыл бұрын

Totally agreed

@veronicafigueroa8137

3 ай бұрын

Lol, you're right. He's an awesome teacher!

@davidbouvier8895

Ай бұрын

These generalizations are of limited use. The much maligned alleged Canadian pronunciation of 'ou' in words like 'about' (which Yanks like to inaccurately mock as 'aboot') is entirely absent in Western Canada. Absolutely nobody would mistake a Newfoundlander from one of the outports for a Yank. Absolutely nobody would mistake someone from, say, Alabama or Louisiana for a Canuck. Both countries exhibit a range of regional variations. But most spoken Canadian English is readily understood by other English speakers. (Unlike the UK, eg the Brummie and Geordie accents.)

One big thing I’ve noticed that gives Canadians away is they’ll use long vowels in words where Americans use short vowels. For example, where I pronounce “process” like prah-cess, a Canadian might say “proh-cess”.

@pkguy3

Ай бұрын

It depends on where you grew up in Canada. Just as many like me say "prah-cess" and "proh-cess" sounds a bit weird. Watch the news like CBC,, where it can be heard both ways by their different anchors/guests. Same with Pro-ject and Prah-ject.

@solaveritas2

Ай бұрын

Even the word not, which sounds like nawt, when a Canadian pronounces it

@juliannorwich319

Ай бұрын

@@pkguy3 Some Canadians do say "proh-ject", which is unknown in the UK and the US, whereas "proh-gress" and "proh-cess" are standard in the UK.

@davidbouvier8895

Ай бұрын

@@juliannorwich319 In UK English the noun 'project' has a fairly short 'o' with roughly equal emphasis on both syllables, (dada) but the verb 'project' has a longer 'o' and the second syllable is stressed (daDA) .

@mckessa17

Ай бұрын

Funny you say that cause I find it's the opposite.

As a Canadian, I can say he aced it sounds exactly how I talk sometimes 😁

Hello. I'm japanese.Before I studied English for long time.But I can't speak naturally. When I was depressed, I was motivated to watch your channel. Thank you very much. I'll do my best🙋‍♀️

@eigobenkyoushimasu6547

Жыл бұрын

日本人だ！私はまだ聴き取るくらいしかできないけど、Bobと一緒に頑張りましょう！！ いつか貴方のように英語を話したいな。

@WilliamEvans-py4gq

7 ай бұрын

Many respects 🇯🇵 from 🇬🇧

@AgxntOrange

3 ай бұрын

Hello from 🇨🇦 Hope you kept learning 👍

@vincentperratore4395

Ай бұрын

When I was kid I was afflicted with the accursed habit of stuttering. Thank God, that's all over but in the interim I became very sensitive to not only the sound of my own voice but the voices of others and the way in which they pronounced words. As a result, I noticed immediately your own pronunciation of Canadian English, not to mention that I'd always liked it. So, you may continue speaking as long as you like!

@RichardDCook

Ай бұрын

There's a tongue-twister for Japanese learning English: "Rory Leary's yearly yule lull". A Japanese guy told me "you can't imagine how difficult that is for us."

Thank you for saying ‘about’ and not ‘aboot’. I am 69, have lived and travelled coast to coast and NEVER heard a Canadian say ‘aboot’. The only time I hear that is when an American says it trying to imitate Canadians.

@solaveritas2

Ай бұрын

Indeed, that's such a weird thing.

@CBX-en9lc

Ай бұрын

The problem is Americans mispronounced about. They sort of add an a in, about.

@CBX-en9lc

Ай бұрын

Damn spell corrector, "abaout"

@footLogic

Ай бұрын

Its because we shift from o to u like about. Americans don't have that sound. They shift from a stright to u in ab-a-oot. They hear we are doing something different but the don't have the sound so they are not sure what we are doing.

@iconofvril9025

Ай бұрын

When you say about like "abat" as Americans do, then pronouncing it more in line with its actual spelling sounds like "oo" by comparison. Basically, from the perspective of Americans, it sounds like oot, but thats because they pronounce it oddly themselves

I'm discovering the "eh" thing. It's pretty funny because in France we use the very same trick to get an implicit agreement with "hein ?" "This pizza is pretty good, eh?" --> "Cette pizza est plutôt bonne, hein ?"

@RichardDCook

Ай бұрын

And many people in London England use "yeah?" the same way. "So first we're going to the shop, yeah? and then to the restaurant, yeah?"

@johndennis177

Ай бұрын

I was actually wondering if eh might not have been an influence from Quebec French where “hein” is (just as in France) commonly employed to obtain acknowledgement.

@solaveritas2

Ай бұрын

I speak several languages and they all have such a word. In Italian slang it's nè (or at least that's how it sounds, never seen it written), in German dialects it's usually nee, and in the Swiss dialects it's gell

@solaveritas2

Ай бұрын

@@johndennis177 This makes sense as origin of the Canadian eh

@ericturcotte3131

Ай бұрын

Il est commun d'utiliser le "hein" au Québec. Est-ce que le "hey" anglo a des racines francophones?

Just to point out that our accent varies considerably. As a Montrealer, I can tell instantly that this guy was not raised around here - his accent is closer to the stereotypical Canadian one that Americans try to imitate. Go east of Montreal and it diverges more. Most of us across the country do, however, constrict our 'ou'/'ow' sound more than most Americans do.

@ericturcotte3131

Ай бұрын

There is various Canadian accents, as there are various US accents.

@Dustandfuzz

Ай бұрын

@@ericturcotte3131 Alberta’s accent the words are clipped and very distinct and proper sounding. In the Maritimes our words are more lazy and informal. One example is running words together such as “lotsa” for lots of, “kinda” for kind of. We drop the “g” saying “I’m runnin’ late”. “We’re “goin’ now.” If we talked properly people would think of us as high falootin’.

@swagmund_freud6669

Ай бұрын

As an Albertan I can tell you, that ain't necessarily the case. Maybe just when talking to outsiders. ​@@Dustandfuzz

I live near the Canadian border and I find them easier to understand than Southerners. “Eh” is simply the Canadian equivalent of “right” and is used the same way. I also love their slang like “toque” and “two four”. One of my favorite TV shows when I was younger was SCTV - love those hosers! And they have great beer too.

Similarly, in British English we often use the word eh (or ey) at the end of a sentence to elicit agreement. However the pronunciation, timing and stress of the eh are subtly different. You can always recognise the distinctive Canadian usage.

@jackyf3505

5 күн бұрын

In England (North & East Midlands esp) we have two similar but different forms... "eh?" for what/pardon? and "ay" as in "ay up!" as in hello or watch out.

You’re one of the best language teachers , we love you

Definitely, you're one of my favorite native English teachers! Thank you so much!

Hey Bob, a huge thanks from Brazil. Your explanations are amazing and I definetely use them with my students.

I am learning english and I love how canadians speak! I can understand every single word and it makes feel so happy😍 I got here by checking videos randomly when I noticed this is a canadian teacher got subcribed and shared with all my friends that are learning too... You don't know how useful your videos are Bob! Hope one day I can speak like you man!! 💪💪💪👌

What a great lesson! We Brazilians say a lot of "né" in the end of most of the sentences! 😂 It's kind of the same way you Canadian use "eh". We want the person listening to agree to the statement.

@jonfriedman779

2 жыл бұрын

That's totally true. Haha very similar

@yrooxrksvi7142

2 жыл бұрын

Funny, since in Italian, in the Piemontese dialect, they do say "né" often at the end of a sentence too hahaha Then again, Brazil is (next to Argentina) the biggest hub of Italian migrants in South America.

@tracycameron2580

Жыл бұрын

Yes it means yes/no? A question do you agree? I assume you agree. Are you listening? Am I wrong?....

@chatgptquatro

Жыл бұрын

@@yrooxrksvi7142 Brazilian is the largest number of people with full or partial italian ancestry outside Italy, São Paulo being the most populous city with Italian ancestry in the world.

@ThiagodaSilvaMoraes

Жыл бұрын

@@yrooxrksvi7142 in Japanese they use "ne" a lot too. But in Portuguese "né" is a contraction from "não" and "é". In a question, saying "né?" here is like saying "isn't it?" In english.

Thank you Bob for your nice video. I have a lot of Canadian friends, so from personal experience I can say that you guys speak more clear that other English native speakers (I've heard so many English accents and dialects). I love the Canadian culture (including food and Tim Hortons coffee) and thank you for talking about it in your videos. I've learned from you so many useful expressions that I'm using now when speaking with my friends and other English speakers. There are two other English words that I heard Canadians pronounce in a different way. They're "organization" and "direction". Anyway, I appreciate your fine video content and keep up with the good work.

Hey, Bob! I just came from Lucy's channel and you were there with Rachel. Love your clear way of talking and I agree with you that I, as an outsider, don't notice the difference between Canadian and American English. New subscriber here.

Thanks Bob,you made me confidently,I’m very like your videos,I will still learn with you,always support you !

Thank you for an intriguing lesson! It has been about 2 years since I started to watch this channel. But it’s first time to leave a comment. I thought English native speakers could imitate other English intonation or dialects . After think about it, it’s difficult for me to mimic different intonation of my mother tongue . By the way , I learn English as a 2nd language in Japan.

This nature background is so amazing!

@LearnEnglishwithBobtheCanadian

2 жыл бұрын

I'm glad that I'm able to share it with you! 😎🐕🍁

Bob is trying his best to help us in leaing english. That is why I'm always here! Thanks for precise facts,Bob! Stay safe and srtong!

@LearnEnglishwithBobtheCanadian

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind words. I will keep trying my best! 😎🐕🍁

Thanks Bob, I do learn a little bit more English every time I watch your videos. I love the way you teach.

Wooow! That's the video I was looking for in YEARS!! Thanks Bob. 👍🏼👍🏼🥰

Growing up in Quebec and having learned English as a second language, it was only in my late teens that I started noticing the differences in American and Canadian English accents. It’s too subtle for the untrained ear to distinguish. Today, I’m 100% bilingual and can easily recognize Canadians by ear when I go to say, Florida. First I overhear, then I look over and see the person wearing a Jays t-shirt!

@june.w.1288

Ай бұрын

Hi! I'm from Hungary. Could you pls explain what a Jays T-shirt signifies? Thanks in advance!

@june.w.1288

Ай бұрын

I was so curious, I googled it, now I know it refers to Toronto Blue Jays, a baseball team. Cheers 😉

Hello dear teacher! I have never actually thought about the accent you speak. Your clear prononciation together with calm and smooth manner of speach that was what I needed a year ago besides you have more logical and organized you tube channels

@LearnEnglishwithBobtheCanadian

2 жыл бұрын

I think because I'm a teacher during the day my speaking is naturally quite clear as I speak to communicate instead of trying to speak quickly! 😎🐕🍁

This teacher is really awesome, eh?The “eh” is music to my ears. Good job Canadians using it as a prompt, because I’d instantly pay attention once I hear it, even if the speaker was a million miles/kilometres away (sorry I used both systems 🍁) And Sorry Americans, the Canadian accent sounds cuter pretty much any way you slice it!

@samya7576

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah 😀

@LearnEnglishwithBobtheCanadian

2 жыл бұрын

I prefer the Canadian accent as well. 😎🐕🍁 For good reasons!

@tracycameron2580

Жыл бұрын

Yeah sorry to say we are just nicer than Americans eh🇨🇦

@Turnip397

Жыл бұрын

Well y’all Canadians better watch y’all’s backs because them there cowboys down south got guns!!!!

@dzifachris7904

Жыл бұрын

@@tracycameron2580 eh am Chris and you?can we link up🥰

Wow! Nice lesson Bob!👍 Canadian is the very accent that I wanna adopt but right now I'm focusing more on the language and you're helping me with that a lot. Thanks a million. Lots of love❤️❤️❤️

@LearnEnglishwithBobtheCanadian

2 жыл бұрын

I wish you all the best as you try to learn the Canadian accent! 😎🐕🍁

@ajs11201

6 ай бұрын

@@LearnEnglishwithBobtheCanadian Besides the few spelling differences and the intrusive "eh," I'd say the biggest difference between Canadian and American accents is the "o" vowel and the "ou" diphthong. In general, Americans tend to pronounce the long "o" as a more pure vowel, while Canadians tend to put an "u" hook at the end. And in America, the "ou" sound often rhymes with "ow" (so "out" has the same vowel as "cow" in America) and in Canada, the "ou" often has more of an "oo" sound (so in Canada, the vowel in "out" is more like the vowel in "boot"). If you want to tease a Canadian, say "out and about" like "oot and aboot." Someone learning English might not pick up on it, but a native speaker would also notice that Canadian vowels, in general, are tighter and more compact than American vowels. In other words, Canadians get through the vowels more quickly and move on to the next consonant quicker than their American cousins. And Americans, in turn, have quicker vowels than the Brits. These are generalizations, of course, but an interesting point to listen for.

I forgot to mention your smile and beautiful flower farm and your brilliant stories that I love to listen to every Wednesday

@LearnEnglishwithBobtheCanadian

2 жыл бұрын

I'm a triple threat! 😎🐕🍁 (You might have to look that one up!) Maybe I'll do my short English lesson about that phrase today!

I will admit that Canadians describe their facilities more accurately. I’ve never taken a “bath” in a public restroom. I do wash every time, however.

@Sal.K--BC

Ай бұрын

As a BC native, I would usually call it a bathroom when it's inside a home, but a washroom in public (like in a mall, gas station, restaurant etc). Altho bathroom is still acceptable for either one. Canadians don't really use the term restroom, except when influenced by Americans.

@LairdKenneth

Ай бұрын

Washroom should be adopted by Americans. It is a way better term, eh? In fact I use it all the time, even just a few minutes ago. I recommend all of y'all do the same

@Mr._Fit_Atheist

Ай бұрын

​@@Sal.K--BC In Ontario, we just say we're going to the john

@sirjohneh

Ай бұрын

yeah, but only as a deliberate slang. The rest of the time it's a washroom@@Mr._Fit_Atheist

@RichardDCook

Ай бұрын

Here in California we say "bathroom" in a home (whether it has a bath or a shower) and "restroom" for a public facility (which has neither bath nor shower). British people ask for the "toilets" and Germans ask for the "WC" and Australians sometimes ask for "the dunnies".

For those who are learning English, it is important to pay close attention, because Canadian and American English are very similar. We have those vowel different pronunciations here in Brazil as well, depending on the region you live. Great video!

@solaveritas2

Ай бұрын

Anyone learning Canadian English will be understood well in all other English speaking countries, there is no need to acquire an American accent

@jimgore1278

Ай бұрын

I help several Brazilians with their English via WhatsApp, etc. I try to point out different pronunciations or usages of words (American, Canadian, British) as they sometimes asked me about certain words back when we first started. They had heard the American version and I'm Canadian. One time I walked into a room at work and a Chinese-Cuban colleague (looked Chinese, spoke Spanish) was correcting a Taiwanese friend's pronunciation of English. However, her correction was just as wrong as what he was saying.

I really loved your English class and the scenes behind you, Thank you 😊

American English has a lot of regional variation. The regions tend to be bigger than the regions in British English, generally because the US is a lot bigger than the UK. But much of the country does speak "Standard American". Actors and national newscasters have historically tried to "lose" their local accent to speak Standard American. I mention this because people from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan sound practically Canadian to me, and there's a Canadian influence in the Minnesota accent as well. Both are near Canada, but there are other areas near Canada that don't have any apparent Canadian influence (it's a long border). It's interesting to me that you had an issue with Don and Dawn, because in my accent, which is pretty much Standard American, they sound about the same. I have experienced confusion in not knowing whether the speaker was talking about a person (usually male) named Don or a person (usually female) named Dawn. In addition to the differences you mentioned between Standard American and Canadian, one big difference I notice is the pronunciation of the word "organization". In Standard American, the first I is pronounced as a schwa and the emphasis is on the ZA (ZAY). In Canadian, the first I is pronounced as EYE and the emphasis is on the EYE. I live in a town with an NHL team and I follow ice hockey, so when someone talks about the hockey club by calling it "the organization", I can immediately tell if they're Canadian. It happens more often than you might think. "In order to play better, we have to come together as an organization...." "Oh, I didn't know he was Canadian." Language is fascinating, eh?

@yelnats61

Ай бұрын

I don’t think there’s a standard American accent

@nickd4310

Ай бұрын

Canadian English isn't just a branch of North American English, it's a branch of general American on which standard American is based. Canadian raising has changed the pronunciation of out and about and the cot/caught and marry/merry/Mary distinction has disappeared, but it has in California as well.

@jusebacho

Ай бұрын

I don’t think exist a standard American accent but to me, the UK have greater diversity of accent despite being smaller, there are accents that seem like another language, I don't know if it is because it is the birthplace of English because the same thing happens with Spanish in Spain and German in Germany

@RichardDCook

Ай бұрын

Linguists do call it "General American". There are many Americans I've met that from their accent I couldn't begin to guess where they're from. I could make some guesses as to where they're NOT from, say The Deep South or New York City. But I've met New Yorkers with no trace of a New York City accent, and Southerners with no trace of a Southern accent. Here in California, in the space of a month, we hired three people who had recently moved here from Texas. None of them had the slightest trace of a so-called "Texas accent" and no-one could distinguish them from Californians.

@nickd4310

Ай бұрын

North American accents had less time to develop. The two main English Canadian accents for example date back to 1755 (Atlantic) and 1775 (Western), when the original settlers arrived from the Ameircan colonies. Since they basically started with the same accent, it hasn't diverged very much.

Over the years I have noticed a distinctiveness in the way Canadians pronounce the flat “a,” as in “that.” It’s very subtle and hard for me to describe, but as soon as I hear it I know the speaker is Canadian.

I was not aware of the differences between American and Canadian English until watching a video from another channel (that video was in Canadian English), then I searched for them and found you, Bob. You're a great teacher! Keep up the good work! Something I noticed before watching this video was about the pronunciation of the letter O. Americans pronounce it as a long A like in LOT, for example.

I like this lesson, Bob. The sound is very important for me understand 👍👏👏

@LearnEnglishwithBobtheCanadian

2 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you liked it! 😎🐕🍁

In western Canada electricity is called power... (a power pole)

@Dustandfuzz

Ай бұрын

In New Brunswick we have or had a hydro electric dam so we call it hydro.

@judypountney9648

Ай бұрын

In Nova Scotia we call them power poles.

@Pkeats817

Ай бұрын

Newfoundland too.

@RichardDCook

Ай бұрын

Here in California people generally call them "telephone poles" though the phone lines are buried and the poles in question only carry electricity.

@susiesunshine4982

21 сағат бұрын

Except in the westest part of the west. My power comes from BC Hydro.

Dude! I love your accent!! You sound so clear. Love listening to you.

Hey, great video, Bob! I too came here from your video with Lucy. I must admit I listen carefully to Canadian English and still struggle with the difference to standard American. But then I have a broad Australian accent and can instantly recognise the mangled vowels of NZ English, although others from outside can't pick the difference. I loved "eh?"; it felt like home. It's very common in North Queensland and also in NZ.

The famous Canadian pronunciation of 'out and about' is more like West Country English in the UK.

@Evan490BC

Ай бұрын

I always thought that the "o" sound came from the Scottish accent (as in Nova Scotia).

@Pkeats817

Ай бұрын

My people are from West Country, England, and Ireland. Our mixed dialect was very intact 40-50 years ago..but, Americanized now. We used to say, “boaat”for boat. We don’t say coffee, we say it something like “cah-fea.”

@michellem3050

Ай бұрын

Where in Canada do they say the "stereotypical" 'aboot'? I'm from Vancouver and no one I know says about that way.

@Pkeats817

Ай бұрын

@@michellem3050 NS

@judypountney9648

Ай бұрын

@@Pkeats817I am Nova Scotia and I don't say "aboot" for "about"" and a "boat" and neither does anyone I know! I have heard Nova Scotians tell the stories about going to Newfoundland and someone there is talking about the "boots" in the water and really all the Nova Scotia can see are boats with not a single boot in sight. I am sure not all Newfoundlands say "aboot:".

Bob! I enjoy watching each video of yours, I love the Canadian accent in general, and watching these videos is just awesome. In Mexican Spanish, we use "eh" too to confirm something.

@superduperenglishidioms

2 жыл бұрын

It would be better if Mexico and Canada shared a border!!!

Thank you Bob for this lovely lesson!

This accent is so interesting to me. I've heard how a lot of English accents sound like, but the Canadian one is the most interesting of all. Your explanation was the best I've ever heard. Thank you!❤❤

@awfan221

Ай бұрын

There's not just one Canadian one. This man was talking about the more central provinces, and the West too. Eastern provinces have their own unique sayings too, as do our Northern territories

Awesome lesson, eh? Now you can definitely redirect everyone who's curious about what the difference between these two languages is) Thank you, Mr. Bob!

@LearnEnglishwithBobtheCanadian

2 жыл бұрын

I thought since this question comes up (Canadian vs. American English) quite often during my live lessons that I should make a lesson about it that I could tell people about when they asked this question! 😎🐕🍁

@dmitrylubyanov7277

2 жыл бұрын

@@LearnEnglishwithBobtheCanadian you nailed it

Dear Teacher Bob , What an amazing class it is.. ... Beautiful River and that place too is enchanting ...Nature beauty at its peak...Really a dreamland .....👍❤️❤️ Grateful to you

@LearnEnglishwithBobtheCanadian

2 жыл бұрын

It is a beautiful place to live until the mosquitoes come out! 😎🐕🍁

Yaa it's really good 😁 and thank you for telling this important things

You speak and enunciate each words clearly. Canadian language and American language are quite similar. I love the way you speak and it is easy to understand, unlike some native speakers who sometimes eat their own words. I like your accent and it is so cool. Thank you for this Sensei Bob 😀👍👍👍

I grew up in the Detroit area and my parents were English~Finnish speakers. Hence, we also spoke with a very round sound, as Canadians do. Since then, I've lived all over North America, including five years in 🇨🇦. My daughter, grandson and still friend ex-husband all live in 🇨🇦. Many people in Minnesota, North Dakota and Michigan etc have Scandinavian routes and people ask them if they are Canadian. We lived in British Columbia and I found their accent quite different than the Windsor area. My mother-in-law was from an Irish~Canadian family in New Brunswick. Well you know, that is whole other ball game. I enjoyed your little lesson, eh Bob. 🇺🇸💞🇨🇦

@stevenwalter2881

2 жыл бұрын

Hello Carol, how are you doing?

Hi teacher bob i always enjoy your videos And i appreciete it 🙏🙏🙏🙏💪

@LearnEnglishwithBobtheCanadian

2 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you appreciate them Abdul. Thanks for watching! 😎🐕🍁

I really loved this video. I´m an Argentinian English teacher and even though I´m retired now, I still want to learn more about English.

Great lesson! Thank you! Spanish speaker here. It took me over 20 years of exposure to be able to perceive what I've recently learned is called the Canadian rising. Even with some knowledge of English dialects and Phonology. Being bombarded by Hollywood in most of what I choose to consume, I couldn't really tell the difference... until the "out"s were really sounding more like an /ou/ and some of the otherwise aish "o"s in spelling were keeping what a Spanish speaking mind would consider their natural /o/ sounding quality. As you've said, you're imprinting a strong accent to your speaking. Sometimes, it takes me minutes to sound the Canadian alarm.😅

Re: 'eh' In western Canada, the tendency is to say 'hey' rather than 'eh'. I've noticed this since I moved west. 'Eh' is also an informal way of greeting people, especially in passing

@bigem2166

Ай бұрын

I live in Calgary and am from Winnipeg. I’ve never once heard someone say EH as a way to greet someone lmao. And no one out here really says hey, instead of eh. We all say eh and talk about how much we say it, eh

@dympulls

Ай бұрын

@@bigem2166 I guess you're too precious then

@pbasswil

Ай бұрын

In Montreal we use both, in completely different contexts. Hey is a greeting, or an exclamation. Eh is a sentence ender/add-on, which serves to solicit agreement or social empathy. Never heard Eh as a greeting, not even once.

@kenmoore45

Ай бұрын

I've lived almost all my life in Alberta and Saskatchewan with two years in Toronto when I was 18 and 19. I think people in the west say "hey" only to get a person's attention. But we use eh all the time. My brother uses eh once or twice in every sentence, I think. I use my ehs like Bob does.

@reggae-rock-roots

Ай бұрын

Fortunately there are at least twice as many English speakers east of Manitoba.

I always enjoy your videos and l learnt very much from ur videos

@LearnEnglishwithBobtheCanadian

2 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you've been able to learn a lot! 😎🐕🍁

I can listen to you all day. I really love the way you teach English and of late I have developed a desire to go to Canada.

You are a really good teacher. I'm a Sri Lankan. I'm also watching your videos to improve my English knowledge. This video is good

Bob is always the funniest and cutest teacher ! 👨🏻‍🏫

@LearnEnglishwithBobtheCanadian

2 жыл бұрын

I just try to be me! 😎🐕🍁

Hi sir, one thing you need to mention is that how Canada is eternally confused about which date format to use. On grocery receipts I've seen every format being used

@jextra1313

Ай бұрын

as well as units. we can't quite switch over to metric fully for some reason.

@hilariousname6826

Ай бұрын

There are still a lot us around who grew up with Imperial, and still think in that system.@@jextra1313

@istvanglock7445

Ай бұрын

I've even seen different formats on the same library receipt for books I've borrowed.

@oilersridersbluejays

Ай бұрын

@jextra1313 we despise metric as a rule in the Prairie Provinces. All of our farmland is surveyed on the squared half mile and mile, and our grid roads are two miles north/south of each other and one mile east/west of each other. We use acres instead of acres. Our crop yields are used as bushels. We use gallons and litres interchangeably depending on what we are measuring, and pounds and inches are used as much as as kilograms and tonnes, if not more so. The only strange one is Fahrenheit, but most of us can convert it with Celcius quite easily.

Great video! As a Canadian, I approve of this message.

I live in Canada so I needed a Canadian teacher too. Thanks for your videos.

@superduperenglishidioms

2 жыл бұрын

I'm Canadian, too!

So it doesn't matter what kind of English you learn. The point is what you read, what you listen to, who you talk to. Over the past year or so, I've listened to most of the lessons on both channels, trying to repeat out loud with Bob, mimicking his intonation. Hearing this, my wife once said, "You know, you sound English more politely than Russian, and I never thought that you could speak so quickly."😎

@LearnEnglishwithBobtheCanadian

2 жыл бұрын

I'm super happy to hear that you're improving Aleksey. I'm also happy that I can help you not only learn the language, but to learn to speak it more quickly. It sounds like you're making good progress! 😎🐕🍁

@Aleksey_FE

2 жыл бұрын

@@LearnEnglishwithBobtheCanadian Progress is clear. Two and half months of transcribing also improved spelling and even punctuation. Thanks for the quality transcripts, by the way.

"Eh" is also used in Michigan's Upper Peninsula a lot. In fact "Yooper" English is very similar to Canadian English, especially in the eastern part of the UP.

@suesudman6840

Ай бұрын

Definitely! My parents were Yoopers (on the western side) and I think the only difference between them and Canada is “sorry.” I call it Almost Canada. 😊

I’m going to Canada in two weeks and your videos helped me a lot to understand more of the culture and language, so thanks in advance. I’ll keep watching your videos !

@stiaininbeglan3844

2 жыл бұрын

Hopefully your experience and first impressions were favourable! Depending on where you went, some of the words that Bob uses are very Eastern, or interchangable with certain words he says are American. Most Canadians won't look at you weird either way: we're used to it. We have people from all different provinces living in each province, so we tend to just mentally translate the words we don't typically use where we grew up (like hydro vs power, serviette vs napkin, washroom vs bathroom).

Thanks so much for your video Bob!

Hey Bob, just a note, we don't "add a u" they've dropped the u (the anglophones in out countries include descendants of Brits and that difference comes from us keeping things as the Brits write them where in the U.S. they've dropped the letters/changed how they write it). Wish you'd do a few videos about English dialects in Canada i.e. Southern vs. Northern Ontario, East Coast accents (all Canadians agree those are awesome), dialects in the prairies and B.C.

@ajs11201

6 ай бұрын

Yes, those pesky American differences can mostly be attributed to Noah Webster in the 1800s when he attempted to "simplify" and standardize spellings. He gave us the "er" endings (instead of "re"), he dropped the "u" out of the "our" endings, he changed "cheque" to "check," and a few other notable differences. The differences are few and predictable enough that they shouldn't cause much stress for someone learning American English.

@DanWestonX

Ай бұрын

Sorry, the -or comes from Latin, not the US. The French (not the English) inserted a u, then there was a neo-Latinization spelling movement in the US. Similarly, the -er comes from German, then the French flipped it to -re, and Americans flipped it back.

@istvanglock7445

Ай бұрын

@@DanWestonX It wasn't any neo-Latinization spelling movement in the US that resulted in these changes. It was Noah Webster's dictionary, preceded by his classroom spelling texts, that attempted to simplify English language orthography and bring it more into line with pronunciation. He put forward many other changes, e.g. plow for plough, and still others that didn't catch on, e.g. dawter for daughter, thum for thumb, masheen for machine, etc.

@mandtgrant

Ай бұрын

We have not

Hello Bob! Your English sounds enchanting just like your manners. I wish I could speak as you do. As you probably know the word "eh" is used in Australian English, Italian and Dutch!!!! You are not alone and thanks for your help, friendliness and kindness. You are the best 😃😃♥

Thankyou for your lessons. Your lessons are very clear and useful for my. I have learned a lot of you.

Road to one million subscribers! I fancy learning different languages all over the world. I learn English as my second language ‘n’ English is my favorite language. I am always tryna use different accents when l am communicating with each other including Canadian, American, British, Australian accents. Because of that, today’s lesson was helped me a lot. Thank you very much Bob for this incredible lesson! 👌🏽👏🥑🙏💙🤍🎊

@LearnEnglishwithBobtheCanadian

2 жыл бұрын

I'm certainly getting close to 1 million. I look forward to celebrating when I get there! 😎🐕🍁

Your English is very easy to understand and your voice and accent are very clear! Thank you make this video i learn new type of English today!❤

Sorry some Americans laughed at you. "Don got up at the crack of dawn" sounds perfectly right they way you pronounced it. When you said, "I went to university in the US" that was pretty Canadian. We'd say, "I went to college in the US." Great work!

@mohdags420

2 жыл бұрын

If only Mr. Bob went to college in the state of Maine. 🥲 I know someone from there who is polite and well-behaved. He would never laugh at anyone speaking with an accent. I’m sure many Mainers are the same!

@rosangelacarvalho6311

2 жыл бұрын

We should respect the different accents. One day I met an English woman who said : " American accent is rubbish !" Needless to say I was shocked 😱 at her disrespectful words !!!

@LearnEnglishwithBobtheCanadian

2 жыл бұрын

I think it's because I went to University in Michigan. The Michigan American accent tends to pronounce O's like they are A's sometimes. They used to call me Baaaab instead of Bob! 😎🐕🍁

@AmericanEnglishBrent

2 жыл бұрын

@@LearnEnglishwithBobtheCanadian Ah! That's hilarious. I know exactly how that sounds.

@AmericanEnglishBrent

2 жыл бұрын

@@mohdags420 Never. We're all very polite here in Maine.

Thnx for this video

@LearnEnglishwithBobtheCanadian

2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome! 😎🐕🍁

I love this video, The teacher is very professional!

@LearnEnglishwithBobtheCanadian

2 жыл бұрын

I try my best to make good professional English lessons! 😎🐕🍁

The best candian teacher..easy to understand everything you speak or you teach..thank you teacher...

Not all Americans sound the same when speaking English . Pronunciations differ from region to region.

In the US, Don and dawn generally sound different east of the Mississippi River (except for Pittsburgh and Boston) and sound the same west of the Mississippi River, where the a vowel in both words sounds similar to how Darth Vader says father. This is because of the changes in American English with the cot-caught merger, with now about half of the country pronouncing them the same and still growing.

@richlisola1

Жыл бұрын

I do hate that merger, glad it’s not part of my speech

Thank you bob! Always good tips. Watching u from Brazil.

From my experience, when i was worked at the airport. I was assisted Canadian Passengers and when they talked it's like combination of American and British Accent but i understand it, it's just sounds "New" to me at the time but now i've learned they are different. It's interesting, eh? 😆 I've learn another new lesson today. Thank you, sir 😊

I think this kind of difference is very commom. It occurs between Portuguese apoken in Portugal and in Brazil. The accent is completely different - I'm Brazilian and I have difficult in understanding Portuguese people speaking ! There are lots of words with different meanings as well. In Brazil there are also a great amount of regional slangs that they don't understand.

@LearnEnglishwithBobtheCanadian

2 жыл бұрын

I find regional slang very cool and interesting. Even in Canada certain areas have little slang words that are unique only to the people that live there. 😎🐕🍁

@stiaininbeglan3844

2 жыл бұрын

It's the same with Spanish. I had a Spanish teacher from South America, and she emphasized that Mexico and the southern States DON'T speak the same Spanish as South America and Spain.

@Lovebliss22

11 ай бұрын

As someone who speaks portuguese from Angola, I have a difficult time understanding Brazilian portuguese. Maybe because Portugal portuguese is the original portuguese.

Canadian ESL Teacher here! I NEVER use the first example of "eh", but I used the second one very often. It must be regional, eh?

@ronmcleod4717

Ай бұрын

I live on the west coast near the CAN/US border and EH isn't something we would normally say or hear from others.

I've not even thought about these accents before but I learned it at the moment) Thank you Bob! It is simple, useful and pretty interested explanation about accents and just now I understand why I see spelling color but sometimes colour🤩

Thanks for the video Bob !

Thank you for your insights. I am a French Canadian and our French is quite distinctive compared with européen and African way of speaking. So I was very happy to see that Canadian English as its unicity. We should have bilingual programmation on national ty just to get closer and work upon our diversity.

Hey Bob I learn english language. Your videos are help me.

@LearnEnglishwithBobtheCanadian

2 жыл бұрын

I'm glad my English lessons are helping you! 😎🐕🍁

@satyaveersingh3008

2 жыл бұрын

@@LearnEnglishwithBobtheCanadian Thank you sir (Guru ji)

Thanks for your videos teacher.. every day I'm learning a lot by your videos..

@LearnEnglishwithBobtheCanadian

2 жыл бұрын

That's awesome. I'm so glad that I can help you! 😎🐕🍁

Thanks for this interesting lesson!

Keep it up god bless u

@LearnEnglishwithBobtheCanadian

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! 😎🐕🍁

Oh, I love your lessons because I can understand you very well, yes, American accent too, but the British or Australian accent is so hard for me... 😕

@LearnEnglishwithBobtheCanadian

2 жыл бұрын

Some of those accents can be tricky when the person speaks quickly. I sometimes have trouble understanding people when I watch British television! 😎🐕🍁

@samya7576

2 жыл бұрын

@@LearnEnglishwithBobtheCanadian yeah I know that feeling 😟🙁🤨

Root vs Route. Just one of those things that gets me to smile

"Eh" is a request for confirmation. "The weather is nice, eh?" means I think the weather is nice, now I want you to provide your opinion on the weather, to agree or disagree. It's not just thrown out there whenever you want

Interesting!

@LearnEnglishwithBobtheCanadian

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Alex. I'm glad you liked it! 😎🐕🍁

The best thing about this teacher he has smile on his face

Today video is very interesting topic. Thanks a lot bob^^

@LearnEnglishwithBobtheCanadian

2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome. I'm glad you found the video interesting! 😎🐕🍁

The flowers behind you are so beautiful

@LearnEnglishwithBobtheCanadian

2 жыл бұрын

It has been a good year for growing flowers! 😎🐕🍁

@thanhngoms

2 жыл бұрын

@David Scott I'm doing well. Thank you! How about you?

@thanhngoms

2 жыл бұрын

@David Scott I'm from Vietnam and you? Nice to know you ^^

Interesting: in Hungarian, we also attach an e sound in similar cases. This pizza is pretty good, eh? Izlett-e a pizza? (translation: Did this pizza taste well?) You can ask it this way: Ez a pizza jó volt e? The e is there in both of the sentences.

@LearnEnglishwithBobtheCanadian

2 жыл бұрын

It's an interesting way of communicating isn't it? It's like you're asking the person to agree with you, not in a forceful way, but kind of just encouraging them to say yes! 😎🐕🍁

@mohdags420

2 жыл бұрын

@@LearnEnglishwithBobtheCanadian I automatically read the first question as “It’s an interesting way of communicating, eh?”

@yusufi2542

2 жыл бұрын

@@LearnEnglishwithBobtheCanadian Ye exaclty

Bob, what a lovely lesson!. Good to know about Canadian language & culture. Greetings from Valencia, Spain. :)

@cameronpickard7456

Ай бұрын

come sometime

thank you for making such a useful video to learn english

I was studying English in Canada, Ontario for three months. I had to come back to my country because of the pandemic. I noticed that a few of my teachers pronunciate some words in a different way that I have heard before and I like it. Even one of my roommates told me that she likes more Canadian accent because it's clear smooth, clear and beautiful. It's funny because I didn't know there was a difference between Canadian and American accent so I thought "Mmm, is there any difference? I can only say that pronunciation is very good and clear." Even when I read a word with 'o' I do pronounce the way Canadians do. I believe it's because I'm from Mexico and in Spanish the pronunciation of this word is strong. Once I was in Mexico and started to watch series and movies in English my brain was "Okeey, I'm having a bit of trouble to understand the pronunciation of some words. There's is a slight different about something but I don't what." Perhaps I was getting rusty in my listening. It's been 1 year since I was in Canada and didn't notice about this until I saw a video of you and another KZreadr I follow, don't remember her name hehheehe but she's british, about the difference between their accents. Noow everything makes sense to me hehe :3🌷🥰

@martialyao9206

Жыл бұрын

Hello!

Hello from Thailand.

@LearnEnglishwithBobtheCanadian

2 жыл бұрын

I hope you're having a good day over there in Thailand! 😎🐕🍁

best example of Canadian accent I've seen I think. sometimes I catch myself sounding Canadian with the way in which the words are spoken but it doesn't happen often.

I personally very like to watch your videos because it's extremely understandable for me 🙂