They can get out 100 words before you can say "hello". Calgarians can sound like their city is a training school for hockey play-by-play announcers. The further west you go, the faster the people speak.
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Alberta/Prairies: Generally, a close analogue for Midwestern accents, particularly Wisconsin.Compare British Accents, Irish Accents, German Dialects and Kansai Regional Accent. See also Canadian Accent Influences for more technical details. Two cases where a Canadian accent was lampooned are with Bob & Doug McKenzie from SCTV, and in South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut, where the entire United Nations laughs at the accent of the Canadian ambassador. Also, we tend to refer to the letter 'z' as 'zed', and may add 'eh?' to the end of our sentences (per the cliché). The two major features that distinguish it are "Canadian raising" and the "Canadian shift". This is very similar to General American, or "Newscaster" English. Generally, what everyone recognizes as generic "Canadian" is the accent found in Western and Central Canada. However, when it becomes relevant - or when someone is not quite there, acting wise - certain things can be determined, eh? a fact which many casting managers rely on, when filming north of the 49th Parallel for shows ostensibly set in the States. Dave Barry's Only Travel Guide You Will Ever Needįor many, the distinctions between American Accents and Canadian accents is marginal at best.
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