What is the origin of the Canadian dialect? For example, why do Canadians say "hoose" instead of "house", "oot" instead of "out", "aboot" instead of "about", etc?
And why do they end their sentences with "eh"? As is, "So, my mother is a Lutheran, eh"? or "We're gonna have some roasted moose meat for dinner, eh"? or "Buy a six-pack of Molson's at the store, eh'?
Rodica
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Different people have different accents. Not all Canadians speak like that.
Kayla
Not all Canadians speak like that, seeing I don't speak like that. I haven't met a person who says oot instead of out, nor a person who says aboot. I'm guessing it's more of the east side thing, because you'll find more people in vancouver with a chinese accent than a canadian one. My teacher does say hoose sometimes though.
The eh thing, is somewhat true. In Vancouver at least, we don't say it often. It's not even occasionally, but more like rarely. Eh does have it's uses. You don't end every sentence with eh, and the way you used your eh doesn't really make sense.
Eh kind of means, "I'm right, aren't I?" in a way.
Anonymous
The languages native to Canada are English and French. The dialect is most likely French. Listen o someone with a French accent, and hear the similarities.
robert43041
Lots of Irish, English, and Scottish descent stuff. Though I would not consider this a dialect: they are the same words, but with a different pronunciation....