• grey_maniac@lemmy.ca
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    3 days ago

    technically, the Canadian dipthong is A as in father into U as in put, while the American one is A as in Dad into the E in the. To an American, it sounds closer to oo because of that, but oo is too rounded and tongue too raised. (I’d use the phonetic alphabet for more precision, but I don’t have it installed on this phone)

    • sik0fewl@lemmy.ca
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      3 days ago

      The BC accent is different, though. It sounds closer to the eastern a-boot, to me.