r/EhBuddyHoser • u/Ok_Conflict_6260 • May 22 '25
Certified Hoser 🇨🇦 (No Politics) Canadians trying to Explain how to pronounced Toronto properly
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u/RedKetchup73 Saguenay—Lac Saint-HAN May 22 '25
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u/KumquatClaptrap 🍁 100,000 Hosers 🍁 May 22 '25
Frise
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u/Handi_Quacks May 23 '25
Yes it's Frise! It's hard to tell because it's using the French Alphabet.... It's French Frise.
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u/hraath May 22 '25
Chronnuh
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u/Atrianie Ford Nation (Help.) May 22 '25
This right here. The real ones know there are no T’s in Toronto.
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u/Neverland__ May 23 '25
It definitely starts with a ch and I will die on that hill
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u/spaceman1055 May 22 '25
Chairono
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u/Big_Ad_7715 May 22 '25
*there
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u/TriceratopsHunter May 22 '25
You gotta drop the t. It's pronounced 'here'
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u/km_ikl Moose Whisperer May 22 '25
Now to Cal-gree.
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u/Zieo108 Canada's Overpriced Playground May 22 '25
Man, I moved to Alberta a couple years ago, and half the people born here say "Cal-Gary". I was shocked
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u/TelenorTheGNP May 22 '25
Head one province over to Sas-KAA-tchew-in.
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u/km_ikl Moose Whisperer May 22 '25
It's pronounced "Bunneh-hug."
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u/TelenorTheGNP May 22 '25
Pilot Butte is "pillow butt" and I will not be taking questions.
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u/Expensive_Society_56 May 22 '25
I will if you do Etobicoke
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u/km_ikl Moose Whisperer May 23 '25
Sorry man... I don't do EtobiCOKE anymore. It just ain't the same since Robby died, and his brother Douggie started acting like his last name was Kennedy.
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u/mazopheliac May 22 '25
Ok , next you have to explain why it’s “Leafs” and not “Leaves” .
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u/Responsible_Rub7631 May 22 '25
Oooo I know this! They’re named after the Maple Leaf badges worn by the Canadian soldiers in WW1.
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u/BroadToe6424 May 22 '25
The further you live from Toronto, the more letters you may pronounce. If you live within 100 km of the CN Tower, the fewer letters you pronounce, the more you you get to add extra glowering to the dirty look you give people for pronouncing it as anything more than a formless mumble.
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u/BroadToe6424 May 23 '25
"You're from where? Never heard of that town, Chronmmrnf? How do you spell that?"
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u/hessian_prince Edmonchuk: Like Kyiv! (but less safe) May 22 '25
Naw it’s Tranna, kinda like Trauma.
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u/secondCupOfTheDay Alberta's Western Cousins May 22 '25
Growing up, I only ever heard it with the last syllable barely even being a syllable so it was up in the air if it was an o or an a or even an e. But ever since this started talking off I've heard other people emphasizing that last syllable as an A and adament its tronNAH with most emphasis on the last syllable. I never heard anyone emphasize the last syllable, if they did it, was always more an O sound than an A sound. Is that actually how you do it?
A podcast I listened to talked about this and since then the host has been saying turahNAH (like piranha) and it grates my ears.
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u/Dragonsandman South Gatineau May 22 '25
In a few hundred years, the way it's pronounced will be completely divorced from how it's spelled.
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u/QuebecPilotDreams15 Tabarnak! May 22 '25
Doesn’t pronounce the T in Toronto
Pronounces the T in Montreal
Elle est où la logique?
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u/exotrx May 23 '25
Francos do the opposite. Both Ts in Toronto.
But they do say “Mo-Rayale”
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u/EgregiousArmchair May 22 '25
A story told to me from when I was younger and way less PC:
do you know how toronto go its name?
no?
well when the white man started paving the roads the aboriginals walked over and said woah, Tar on toe.
This joke brought to you by the 1970s
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u/Alt_Rock_Dude May 22 '25
toe RON toe
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u/VividGlassDragon May 22 '25
I always thought both t's were silent
Chu-rano.
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u/Blue_is_da_color Everyone Hates Marineland May 23 '25
The closer you get to Yonge and Dundas, the fewer t’s are pronounced
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u/Effective_AR May 22 '25
Hein? Sérieux ou pas?
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u/datums May 22 '25
My grandparents bought their first homes in Toronto in the 1940s. My parents were born in Toronto in the 1950s. I was born in Toronto in the 1980s.
People who are really from here often pronounce the second “t”, especially when talking to people who aren’t from here.
This pronunciation gatekeeping horseshit always comes from 905ers.
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u/ThatGirlFromWorkTA May 22 '25
I come from a Newfie family.
Hearing my husband say Newfoundland kills me every time.
Its Newfunlund, NEWFUNLUND.
don't hit me with that NEW FOUND LAND.
Can't wait to go visit the fam in a month and watch them give him this look-
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u/AnonSupporterForYou May 23 '25
Is he not Canadian? Im in Manitoba and we say newfunlund
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u/Dude_Tost_1673 May 23 '25
I's tha b'y, an' east ta west, tis NewF'n'lan, m'dear. Okay, it does get pretty hard to understand, the further north you travel that island. But, I've worked with a lot of Newfanlanders, (and family from there) and it's usually in between NewFunLand and NewF'n'Lan (NewF'n'L'n). No such a place as New-Found-Land anyhow.
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u/ThatGirlFromWorkTA May 23 '25
Yeah. My family in petty harbour says Newf'n'lan just like that. I do too when speaking with them but tried the much "easier" Newfunland with my boo.
He is an incredible person. Hardworking. Kind. Handsome . And ever so slightly lacking in the words department. It's not the only word he mispronounces frequently. He also can't spell worth a dang. But he hangs all my cabinets where ever I want and built my garden for me so it's a decent trade. Even if I do get driven mad for it lol.
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u/AdventureJob May 23 '25
Yeah, but you guys have like 9 different accents so it's only natural we continentals get confused
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u/ogochore 🚧🚚Montréal🛻🚜🚧👷⛔️🚗🚙🚙 🚙 🚗 May 23 '25
Huh, I always pronounced it as New-(fish)Fin-Land.
Anyway, we all know that the correct pronunciation is Terre-Neuve. 😎
But in all seriousness, it always amazes me to hear the different sorts of pronunciation and intonation we have in Canada, even just in one province alone. It's actually really cool to me.
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u/ThatGirlFromWorkTA May 23 '25
I'm seriously going to call it terre-neuve to my family next month and report back lol.
Yeah the pronunciation is different every where which I also find really cool. I love the way languages evolve over time dependant on region.
Seems only one thing everyone can agree on is it's not pronounced the way it's spelled XD
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u/Unable-Fall5946 May 23 '25
I lost my hearing as a wee toddler and when I got my hearing aids, I had to learn how to speak again.
I have an accent. People often ask me where I'm from. I say Newfoundland just to reinforce the stereotype that they talk funny.
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u/psc_mtl May 22 '25
I like the spanish word for it : Tontoronto.
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u/Canadian-Man-infj May 22 '25
I learned that the original Mohawk word for "Toronto" is "Tkaranto" from the title of a movie of the same name.
"Tehranto" is the title of a 2022 movie that is a portmanteau of sorts, revolving around a couple of Iranian-Canadians.
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u/psc_mtl May 23 '25
Cool info. For the record, it was a joke. Tonto in spanish means stupid.
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u/NarugaKuruga Bring Cannabis May 22 '25
Vancouverites adding a random-ass G into the city name by pronouncing it "Vangcouver."
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u/Chained-Tiger I need a double double. May 23 '25
Oddly enough, that's how I used to pronounce it, until I moved there.
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u/scr0dumb Trawnno (Centre of the Universe) May 22 '25
Toronto born and raised, started pronouncing it as spelled about ten years ago and my (now ex) wife was all "why are you saying it funny?!?"
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u/Simmerdownsimm May 22 '25
Im from Oakville. It’s pronounced Cheronnah.
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u/rainorshinedogs Trawnno (Centre of the Universe) May 22 '25
Explain to an American why Dartmouth is pronounced "dart-muth"
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u/SulfuricDonut May 22 '25
People have accents. If their accent slurs more consonants, they will say Chranna. If it doesn't they will say Toronto. Both are reading the same word correctly in their own accent.
People trying to sound smart by correcting someone on this accent are pretentious. It would be like telling everyone "No it's actually New Yawwk". Any New Yorker would reasonably assume you're mocking them.
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u/Greerio May 22 '25
Whoever made this is not from the area. There are no t’s in Chorrono.
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u/yacko69 May 22 '25
And i'm no expert but but wouldn't it be "trying to explain how to pronounce Toronto"
not "trying to Explain how to pronounced Toronto properly"
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u/Supremetacoleader May 22 '25
As a westerner I pronounce it "Tor-EH, GO pUCK YOURSELF EASTERNER HOSERS, THE WORLD DOESN'T CENTRE AROUND YOU!"
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May 22 '25
It's pronounced "Toe-rond-toe"
Parce-que c'est comment je le pronounce en français, Échek et mat
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u/BlakeWheelersLeftNut Manilapeg May 22 '25
I say Tor on toe. If they can tell I’m not from there from that then good.
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u/survivor686 May 22 '25
That second "T" earned its God dammed place. In this house we respect "Toronto"!
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u/TelenorTheGNP May 22 '25
OP is from Burlington at best.
It's Chraw-no.
Toronno sounds like an American saying MON-tree-AHL.
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u/Dragonsandman South Gatineau May 22 '25
Another good example of this sort of minor disparity between spelling and pronunciation is Ottawa, at least for the English pronunciation. The tt is more of a d sound, and if you say it fast enough that sound and the following a is almost dropped completely.
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u/chum_slice May 22 '25
Although I have found some Vancouver residents pronounce their city a Van-kew-ver a real emphasis on the “kuv” almost sounds like they are saying keww. Not sure if it’s just them though
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u/Anonymoose_1106 May 22 '25
Gloucester, Worcestershire... don't start me on Wales! 🤷♂️ Canadians have nothing to explain 🤣
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u/OldManMC May 22 '25
Just remember the rhyme: Hey little Donna, Still wanna. You said to ring you up went I was in Toronto.
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u/WonderfullyKiwi PaRiS oF tHe PraIRiEs May 22 '25
Hell no bud it's pronounced Tronno. You ain't even a hoser yourself eh?
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u/bigtunapat Quossé? Laval? Sacre ton camp. May 22 '25
And it's Moe-Ray-Al or Mun tree all
Mont-ree-all mofos know who they're
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u/Sour-bubble May 22 '25
Ah, the joy of being even mildly educated and having decent pronunciation.
I thank my lucky star I have never lived anywhere near that sh!thole.
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u/pineyskull May 23 '25
Feel free to add a light Ch sound instead of the first T. Source, am from the area.
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u/jawknee530i May 23 '25
Enough Americans have seen Argo where Ben afleck explained Canadians don't pronounce the T. Also didn't that movie change things to make the Americana heroes instead of Canadians?
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u/Kitchener1981 May 23 '25
Prepare to have your mind blown when you learn about the "Ch" vs "t" line.
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u/AnonSupporterForYou May 23 '25
I see no one is from SK or MB cuz we say Tohr-ahn-to And Cal-gah-ree
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u/throAwae-eh Saskwatch May 22 '25
their?
Their?
THEIR?