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Squinky · 11-07-2006, 09:48 PM

If I try speaking French or Farsi, native speakers of said languages definitely notice an accent, and seem to be able to tell I'm North American.

However, I'm not entirely sure they can pinpoint me as (Western) Canadian in the same way a person probably could if they heard me speaking English. (Oddly enough, though, I've also noticed that my accent doesn't really stand out here in California. In fact, I've met at least one American here who sounds rather Canadian but has never lived in Canada before. Weird, that.)

11-07-2006, 09:48 PM	#3
Squinky Unreliable Narrator Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Le Canada Posts: 9,873	If I try speaking French or Farsi, native speakers of said languages definitely notice an accent, and seem to be able to tell I'm North American. However, I'm not entirely sure they can pinpoint me as (Western) Canadian in the same way a person probably could if they heard me speaking English. (Oddly enough, though, I've also noticed that my accent doesn't really stand out here in California. In fact, I've met at least one American here who sounds rather Canadian but has never lived in Canada before. Weird, that.) __________________ Squinky is always right, but only for certain values of "always" and "right".