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In particular, Standard Canadian English is defined by the cot–caught merger to ⓘ and an accompanying chain shift of vowel sounds, which is called the Canadian Shift. A subset of the dialect geographically at its central core, excluding British Columbia to the west and everything east of Montreal, has been called Inland Canadian English.
Actual Canadian pronunciation is somewhat erratic, the exact phonetic quality varying from region to region, speaker to speaker, and even word to word, so the Wikipedia analyst decided to use both pairs of symbols. The Wikipedia analyst being Jack 21:10, 15 May 2008 (UTC) The same applies to England, though, even within RP.
Many of these are degenerations in the pronunciation of names that originated in other languages. Sometimes a well-known namesake with the same spelling has a markedly different pronunciation. These are known as heterophonic names or heterophones (unlike heterographs , which are written differently but pronounced the same).
All regional Canadian English dialects, unless specifically stated otherwise, are rhotic, with the father–bother merger, cot–caught merger, and pre-nasal "short a" tensing. The broadest regional dialects include: Standard Canadian The Standard Canadian dialect, including its most advanced Inland Canadian sub-type and others, is defined by:
In linguistics, mispronunciation is the act of pronouncing a word incorrectly. [1] [2] Languages are pronounced in different ways by different people, depending on factors like the area they grew up in, their level of education, and their social class. Even within groups of the same area and class, people can pronounce words differently ...
Saskatchewan: Most Canadians will pronounce the name of this province with a schwa in all syllables except the second, where the stress is placed: sə-SKATCH-wən or sə-SKATCH-ə-wən (/ s ə ˈ s k æ tʃ ə w ə n / ⓘ). Some locals, particularly in rural areas, may even condense the name further to two syllables: / s k æ tʃ w ə n ...
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1.1 Canadian vs. American accents. 36 comments. 1.2 Pronunciation of /oʊl/ in North American English. 4 comments. Toggle the table of contents. Wikipedia: ...