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    Is it possible that the Canadian accent is actually prettier than the American accent? Does this guy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Paikin have the Canadian accent?
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    Quote Originally Posted by OlegL View Post
    Is it possible that the Canadian accent is actually prettier than the American accent? Does this guy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Paikin have the Canadian accent?
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    Quote Originally Posted by OlegL View Post
    Is it possible that the Canadian accent is actually prettier than the American accent? Does this guy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Paikin have the Canadian accent?
    Anyone other than Oleg correct me if I fault in my presumption, but there is more than one Canadian accent, eh
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    Aboot two or three, eh?

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    Is the Canadian shift (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Shift) present in the speech of Steve Paikin?
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    Quote Originally Posted by mjmacky View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by OlegL View Post
    Is it possible that the Canadian accent is actually prettier than the American accent? Does this guy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Paikin have the Canadian accent?
    Anyone other than Oleg correct me if I fault in my presumption, but there is more than one Canadian accent, eh
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    They both sound incorrect.

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    Thank you, IdolEyes, for posting the link to The Canadian English Accent video. I really enjoyed watching it. The Canadian vowel a in the word bag doesn't seem to have the same sound as the corresponding American vowel. Of course, the Canadian vowel ou in the word about is also different from the corresponding American vowel. I know that the tv show Dark Matter has a lot of Canadian actors, and I wonder if those actors sound distinctly Canadian. Is it possible to discern the difference between their speech and the Western American English speech? Today, the Canadian show Travelers premieres on Showcase. I wonder if any actors in that show speak differently than the people in the Western U.S.
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    Quote Originally Posted by OlegL View Post
    Thank you, IdolEyes, for posting the link to The Canadian English Accent video.
    And thank you, OlegL for being autistic enough to watch it.
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