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Originally posted by CutiePie2000
(b) The "oot and aboot thing"...I think that people from Atlantic Canada say that, rather than people who are Quebec and West, i.e. Ontario, BC, etc. This is because Atlantic Canada is the most "English/British" part of Canada (people are supremely loyal to England in that part of Canada, and they don't forget their Anglo-Saxon roots), and they have a bit of a Scottish'y brogue in their accent. Hence the "oot and aboot" for "out and about". [/B]
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CutiePie....I would have to disagree with you there!!!! I am from Atlantic Canada and do not in any way say "oot and aboot". While people from Atlantic Canada have strong English roots, no one I know pronounces out and about like that.
I lived in Toronto for about a year....and most of my friends there did speak like that (as well as saying Eh about every two seconds!)
People here in the South think that because I'm from Canada I immeditey should say oot and aboot. I don't. In fact, some friends of mine here were shocked when they found out I was Canadian. They actually said "wow...you don't have an accent!"
Personally, I would hate if Canada became the 51st state. Although Canada and the US are similar, there are many more ways in which they are different. I am proud every day to call myself Canadian and I think that if we did join the United States, some of that wonderful Canadian pride and individuality would be lost (not saying this to say that the US is bad....hey, I live in the US now...for the $$.....just that if we did join, we'd lose part of our uniqueness!
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I don't see it happening though.
When I was little, I dreamed that Quebec would separate and Atlantic Canada would join the United States.....so then I could compete in Miss America!
LOL!