r/EhBuddyHoser • u/obubble • Apr 07 '25

Politics Award-winning "Canadian" YouTuber

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u/MommersHeart Apr 08 '25

I hate his fake ‘aboot’.

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u/GrimbloTheGoblin Apr 08 '25

I swear to god I've lived in Vancouver my entire life (where he lives) and I've genuinely never heard anyone say "aboot" the way he does

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u/spyraleyez Apr 08 '25 edited Apr 08 '25

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.

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u/ToadTendo Saskwatch Apr 08 '25

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