Subj : National Anthem
To   : MIKE POWELL
From : Rob Mccart
Date : Mon Jan 20 2025 00:44:00

MP>This has not happened in a long time but, when I moved to the area I live
  >in now (about 28 years ago), for several years people would sometimes ask
  >me if I was from Canada.

MP>I don't know why.  I was born in Kentucky, and so were my parents and
  >theirs, and the city I live in now is in Kentucky.

Being Kentucky for generations it wouldn't be an 'accent' issue so it's
hard to know why they thought that.

I know most Canadians travelling in the USA are often told to say they
are from Ohio because they have the similar 'accent' (or lack there-of)
that most Canadians have. We just have to make sure not to say things
like Hydro instead of Power and to leave the U's out if we write
anything down like Colour or Neighbour..    B)

Re: the 'Accent'.. When most Americans think of a Canadian accent they
think of what is mostly a Northern or Eastern accent actually used by
very few of us. You expect us to say 'aboot' instead of about. For the
most part the bulk of us have no true accent, we just say words exactly
as they are spelled but, like in the USA, there are areas that do have
a distinctly different accent and often use different words for things.
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