Canada
wouldja, couldja, shouldja....
F*ck me this is lame, I hate having this sh*t pointed out to me.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Breton_accent »
French Acadian accent...
This speech stems from the influence of Acadian settlers residing in French communities throughout Cape Breton, resulting in many loanwords.
Some characteristics:
Voiced th, as in "that", is usually replaced by a d sound, and voiceless th, as in "thin," is usually replaced by a t sound. For example, "three" can be pronounced as tree and "that" as dat. This can be seen in
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It's quite distinct in the pronunciation but you are right there are similarities - Including lowering our perceived IQ by no less than 20 points as soon as we open our mouths.
There is no American accent that you can compare it to. Just like I pointed out to another poster while it may look the same phonetically spelled out it doesn't sound the same.
Lately I've been catching my Canadianisms while I'm on the phones at work. Words like 'car' make me remind myself of Shaun Majumder.