I watched a certain children’s cartoon show this morning which featured a (guest) Canadian character. And in defense of my people, I would like to say that we do not talk like that! (Well, most of us, anyway.) Sure, I say “eh?” a lot but it’s not that noticeable!! Kind of. And it’s “about,” not “aboot.” I don’t know a single person who says “aboot.” Heck, I don’t know a single person with that accent. It was a very very odd accent. Not West Coast, to be sure. 😀
Ms. Patton’s going to come in any minute now and talk about Canadian lift, which is some kind of unconcious attempt to imitate the Scottish or Irish accents, which have a sort of sing-song lilt. Except when Canadians do it it doesn’t turn out and it just sounds like questions are being asked and then ended suddenly. I actually forget ^^;;