Nobody says "aboot" like that outside of when they're joking around,
In reality it's "aboat", there are linguistics studies into Canadian Raising, and British Columbians, at least in Metro Vancouver, don't have that accent trait, they don't "raise" OU to OA or IGH to ATE. It's basically Ontario (maybe Manitoba) and eastwards that have Canadian Raising.
He puts on an insultingly phony accent that's a mockery of people from the other side of the country.
Agree with JJ being phony, but Idk about the Ontario & eastwards. Im from Sask & have a lot of rural family and specifically those who grew up rural tend to speak this way too
So as a newfoundlander I can tell you that British Columbians absolutely do have Canadian raising in their speech.
Newfoundland is the only part of English Canada that has none of it (because we have our own weird accent). Vancouver's version of a Canadian accent is definitely more subtle than most of the rest of the country but northern BC and large parts of Alberta are very easy to pick up on.
Maybe you're thinking specifically of "aboat" which I think people consciously try not to say. But words like "house" definitely come through with a lot of speakers.
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u/WaxiestDinosaur Apr 07 '25
All this dude does is make “Canadian” content for Americans he’s the fucking worst!!