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Why US hockey players often speak with “fake Canadian” accents

They don't want to sound Canadian, but like a hockey player—a "linguistic persona."

https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/05/why-us-hockey-players-often-speak-with-fake-canadian-accents/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

keithmann ,
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@arstechnica Too much Shoresy.

Edjo ,
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‘Canadian speech patterns are well-known: pronouncing "out" as "oot," for example, or "about" as "aboot,"’

It’s more like American hearing impairment.

The stereotypical Canadian pronunciation of “out” &””about” skews (slightly) to that of “boat” not “boot”!

integerpoet ,
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@arstechnica I worked a summer with Vietnam vets from the American South. Guess what I sounded like after just a few weeks. It messes with your word choice, too.

chrisadamsecon ,
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@arstechnica My guess is that something similar happens for American's playing . They pick up specific terms and pronounce them the same way as their Australian teammates.

BrianPierce ,
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rotopenguin ,
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@arstechnica it's all a bunch of kayfabe, eh?

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