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Canadian English is going through a vowel shift right now. The shift is much smaller than the great vowel shift, but still notable. https://www.macleans.ca/soc
by smnrchrds 6y ago
Canadian English is going through a vowel shift right now. The shift is much smaller than the great vowel shift, but still notable.
https://www.macleans.ca/society/life/in-the-midst-of-the-canadian-vowel-shift/ https://www.macleans.ca/society/life/in-the-midst-of-the-can...
- mbroncano 6y agoThanks for the link, it was fascinating!
- perardi 6y agoHuh, glad that is real, and not just my ears. I’m an American, recently back from 2 years in Toronto, and the Toronto accent is just not the stereotypical Canadian accent that I imagined I’d hear. Far less Minnesota, a bit more New Jersey.
- firstplacelast 6y agoIn the US there is a Northern Cities Vowel shift going on right now, that this linguist claims is the biggest vowel shift since “The Great Vowel Shift.” See this video starting at 7:10 https://youtu.be/IsE_8j5RL3k https://youtu.be/IsE_8j5RL3k Maybe related to what’s happening in Canadian English?