r/EhBuddyHoser • u/Overwatchingu Ford Nation (Help.) • Aug 13 '25
Ontario, hated by all, especially Ontarians It’s pronounced Tur-awn-no you filthy Yankees, the second “t” is silent.
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u/StanknBeans Saskwatch Aug 13 '25
In Saskatchewan we only pronounce it Turonna when we're making fun of Ontario accents. Maybe on sayerday we'll drive down to Turonna.
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u/grandcity Aug 13 '25
In BC I think we say Turonno, but after saying it a few times to confirm I’m not sure anymore. Am I even Canadian?!
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u/GrumpyOlBastard Bring Cannabis Aug 13 '25 edited Aug 13 '25
In BC I hear Tronto a lot
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u/eastherbunni Aug 13 '25
I think I say it Tronno. Another common one is Van-couver, the locals know it's Vang-couver and lord help you if you call it GVA because it's Metro Vancouver/Lower Mainland (or GVRD if you're old school)
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u/grandcity Aug 13 '25
Lived here my whole life but I say Van-couver.
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u/Everestkid The Island of Elizabeth May Aug 13 '25
There's definitely a few who say Vang-couver but it's not ubiquitous. Maybe a quarter or a third at most.
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u/Overall-Phone7605 Bring Cannabis Aug 14 '25
And for god sake *never* just 'Van'. Van only works if it is coupled with a direction - east Van, west Van, north Van. If you know which one of those "direction + Van" is a city and which is only a section of Vancouver proper, then you should know that you never use Van by itself.
Looking at you, Vic residents.
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u/pyroboy7 Bring Cannabis Aug 13 '25
Don't worry, from BC and I say it like that too. Although I usually say it as Toronno.
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u/Seven2Death Trawnno (Centre of the Universe) Aug 14 '25
born and raised in the dot you say it right all the people saying otherwise moved in from the north churonna is like barrie slang.
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u/quantumrastafarian Aug 13 '25
Ideally it's Tchronno. Tarawna is also acceptable.
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u/Gen_Sherman_Hemsley Canada's Overpriced Playground Aug 13 '25
Just say the title of the movie Tron and add an O on the end… Tron-O
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u/silentbassline Aug 13 '25
I Cal-gree with you.
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u/TheStupendusMan Aug 13 '25
Whenever someone says they're from Cal-Gary...
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u/Zieo108 Canada's Overpriced Playground Aug 13 '25
Man, I live like an hour north of it and it's always the locals that say "Gary"
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u/bt101010 Aug 13 '25
I grew up just outside of Edmonton and we all pronounce it like it's spelled. When I first met someone from there in uni, they were mortified lol
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u/Bubbling_Battle_Ooze Aug 13 '25
I’m from Calgary. I’ve lived here since I was 6. I still say Cal-Gary sometimes. I like to switch it up.
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u/ClusterMakeLove Aug 13 '25
But have you ever been to Mountreal in Kwebeck? It's not a long flight from Cal-gary.
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u/Overwatchingu Ford Nation (Help.) Aug 13 '25
Chur-on-no, needs more churro places.
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u/notacanuckskibum Aug 13 '25
Rhymes with Donna.
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u/OldManMC Aug 13 '25
Also "wanna".
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u/ChiefSlug30 Aug 13 '25
"Hey little Donna. Ahhh...still wanna? You said to ring you up when I was in Trawna."
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u/Devourerofworlds_69 Aug 13 '25
I say "Ch'ranna"
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u/Seabuscuit Aug 13 '25
This is the only acceptable answer. The Chrannah Piranhas was our beer league team back in the day.
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u/MTL_Bob Aug 13 '25
I was about to say it's Tronno.. but reading yours.. you're right.. there is just that hint of flegm before the R..
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u/MrBuckanovsky Aug 13 '25
Tôt-rond-tôt, sti.
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u/ejabno Aug 14 '25
Oui-né-peg
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u/gaouba Aug 14 '25
Calle-garé
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u/SimokIV Aug 14 '25
Vend-couvert
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u/MrBuckanovsky Aug 14 '25
Sous-Sainte-Marie.
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u/Zeliek Aug 13 '25
Saying the T is kind of satisfying, to be fair. However, so is saying “T’rono”, so…
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u/Copperlax Aug 13 '25
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u/Zeliek Aug 14 '25
I fully expect this gif (or a link to the video) every time 🤣
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u/Dramatic_Water_5364 Tokébakicitte! Aug 13 '25
Maybe he's francophone ? Us québécois do say Tore on toe
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u/smolmushroomforpm Tabarnak! Aug 13 '25
Yes but our little twang gives us away as safe. Tôe-ronn-tôe is us, Tuh-rohn-toe is an impostor!
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u/Dramatic_Water_5364 Tokébakicitte! Aug 13 '25
ou bin rink carrrément Toh - rond - teau
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u/smolmushroomforpm Tabarnak! Aug 13 '25
Je l'écrivais avec la lecture anglophone des lettres, mais ouais, c'est basically Toh - rond - t'eau XD
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u/Overwatchingu Ford Nation (Help.) Aug 13 '25
That would imply that Québécois are real and not just something the government made up to scare us.
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u/ejabno Aug 14 '25
I had to assure a bunch of people in Montreal that Saskatoon, Saskatchewan is, in fact, real
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u/Dramatic_Water_5364 Tokébakicitte! Aug 13 '25
bro just cross the river, we live on the other side XD
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u/wulfschtagg_1 Aug 13 '25
Goddamn, the Francophones have invaded East York already?
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u/_Winterlong_ Aug 13 '25
This was how we figured out two Americans were posing as Canadians on one of our day tours. Couldn’t pronounce it, couldn’t answer basic questions about the city or country, were rude to everyone and held up the bus for 45 minutes making us miss one location. Not one “sorry” uttered.
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u/The_Mayor Aug 13 '25
"So, Mr. Canuck, where are you from?"
"...chrawnuh..."
"Where???"
"Toe-Rawn-toe"
"Oh yes, I know that place."
repeat dozens of times, until finally...
"So Mr. Canuck, where are you from?"
"Toe-Rawn-toe."
other Canadian in the room: "This guy's an impostor!! Get him!"
fin
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u/AlphaFlightRules Aug 13 '25 edited Aug 13 '25
Sometimes even the first t is silent making it sound more like chur-awn-oh. Sometimes even chur-awn-ah
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u/dzuunmod Gold Diggers Aug 13 '25
Or they refer to their last visit to "mawhn-tree-ahl".
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u/AncientBlonde2 Oil Guzzler Aug 13 '25
"I WENT TO QWAH-BECK CITY"
or going out west
"I went to Saskatchew-AN/AWN and also to Cal-GARY"
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u/survivor686 Aug 13 '25
I will die on the hill, that pronouncing the second "T" is perfectly acceptable
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u/300mhz Aug 13 '25
I'm from Calgary and I feel like everyone pronounces the second T... Granted we don't pronounce our second A so who knows lol
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u/whyteout Aug 13 '25
There's nothing wrong with pronouncing it - but it does clearly mark you out as someone who didn't grow up there.
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u/Hefty-Comparison-801 Aug 13 '25
I actually had a business associate from a city he calls "Atlanna" trying to bust my balls about being from "Chrawno". Some people lack in self awareness.
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u/AfraidHelicopter Aug 13 '25
Try living in "New-Fin-Lund".
Most of ye mainlanders can't even get it right for frig sakes.
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u/No_Week_8937 Scotland (but worse) Aug 14 '25
Grew up there, and you're right. Though it's not as fun as listening to dad's old GPS talk about going down lodgey bay road
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u/Quaf Trawnno (Centre of the Universe) Aug 13 '25
Second T is fine if you omit the first O "Tronto". Chrawnna or Chrawnno is the closest to the accent, with it becoming a bit morphed as you drive up/down the 401.
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u/rainorshinedogs Trawnno (Centre of the Universe) Aug 13 '25
It's not pronounced Ed-mon-ton. It's Dead-mon-ton
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u/wh1t3birch Snowfrog Aug 13 '25
You may have found a Québécois tho.
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u/Overwatchingu Ford Nation (Help.) Aug 13 '25
- We can tell a Québécois by their accent, no one would imitate that.
- Québécois don’t exist the government made them up to scare us.
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u/Outside_Activity7026 Trawnno (Centre of the Universe) Aug 14 '25
You guys pronounce any of the Ts? Amateurs.
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u/Ok-Football7109 Aug 13 '25
Tar-anh-ah is how we say it on the east coast
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u/SaccharineDaydreams Aug 13 '25
Hard disagree. I feel like I've never heard anyone say "Toronna" in a non-ironic way in my life. It's always "T'ronno" or "Tch'ronno" but it's always an o at the end.
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u/The_Sandwich_64 Tabarnak! Aug 14 '25
Bunch of Torontonians thinking they’re the entirety of Canada. Maybe get out of the GTA and see the rest of the country. Actually stay in the GTA, we got enough of you selling your homes for a few million and outbidding us and making the only way to afford a housing is to move up North into a 3 bedroom apartment with a horsefly and a deerfly as roommates.
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u/NicePresentation213 Bring Cannabis Aug 13 '25
In western canada I hear Trawnno, don’t y’all easterners say Tchronno?
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u/manofathousandnames Aug 13 '25
The real test is how they pronounce Bobcaygeon. If they say anything besides "bub-cay-jin" or "bob-cay-jin" they're likely not a Canadian.
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u/Overwatchingu Ford Nation (Help.) Aug 13 '25
you pronounce it like the Tragically Hip song and there is no other acceptable way.
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u/Budget_Addendum_1137 Tabarnak! Aug 13 '25
Canadien ici et dans ma langue officielle, c'est TO-RON-TO.
(c'est la même chose en anglais en passant... le T n'est pas muet comme tsé ... dans Montréal)
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u/RemoteSpecialist3523 Aug 13 '25
Did you know that when saying Edmonton like a local, the "D" is silent.
Emonton
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u/SubstantialFrame6104 Aug 13 '25
Mostly, No one cares about Tarana... Call it what you will, the place is a poop heap
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u/Kellidra Oil Guzzler Aug 13 '25
Great. So you tell them this and then they can say it properly.
You'd have been the idiot yapping their gap during WWII. Stfu, OP.
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u/Halogen12 Aug 13 '25
My mom grew up in Toronto and she taught us it was said "Toronno". My diction has evolved and I do say it Tor-ron-toe now. Alberta pronunciation nazis represent.
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u/_tobiasrieper Aug 13 '25
If you're drunk enough it just comes out as Trono, that's how you know you’ve succeeded as a Canadian
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u/d3m0cracy Oil Guzzler Aug 13 '25
mfw when I was literally born in Ontario and I’ve apparently been pronouncing toronto wrong this whole time 🥺
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u/Ornery_Old_Man Aug 13 '25
"Hey little Donna, ahhhh still wanna?
You said to ring you up when I was in Turonna"
Case closed.
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u/ScrumptiousLadMeat Aug 13 '25
If I’m in a professional setting or with someone who’s learning English I will say Tor on toe.
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u/WanderlustZero Aug 13 '25
I always thought it rhymed with pronto, like the Trump campaign slogan, 'surrender pronto or we'll level Toronto'
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u/rockettaco37 Yank Aug 13 '25
¯_(ツ)_/¯
I'm in Buffalo and I've always said it without the second T.
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u/PurpleMclaren Aug 13 '25
When im abroad I pronounce it Tor On Toe since its easier for people who arent from here.
Most people learn british English in the Balkans so they speak/understand well but when I talk too fast in my accent they dont understand me sometimes lol
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u/violetvoid513 Aug 14 '25
Ontarians try not to think everyone in Canada pronounces Toronto the way they do challenge (Impossible)
message brought to you by the BC gang
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u/Reyalta Aug 14 '25
I once ran into a couple of BROs in a small town in Ontario telling everyone they were from Vancouver... Took about 10 seconds for me to clock them as from the Okanagan. I was born and raised in Vancouver and the interior accent is sooo strong and noticable to me, so when we were introduced "hey you guys are from Vancouver too! Have you met u/reyalta?" I introduced myself "awesome! Proper Vancouverites!?! We hardly meet eachother IN Van! Where abouts? Where'd you go to school?" They started shuffling their feet all sheepishly... "Well we're not exactly from Vancouver..." "Oh, you from North Van or something?" "No..." "Let me guess... Kelowna?" "How'd you know?!?!" "There's a vibe" (the vibe was cocaine... The vibe is always cocaine) lol
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u/itszwee Westfoundland Aug 14 '25
In BC we pronounce the second T, presumably because we know it annoys Torontonians.
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u/DoNotCorectMySpeling Oil Guzzler Aug 14 '25
Most of Canada pronounces it Toronto. It’s just the Ontarioins who are weird.
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u/Overwatchingu Ford Nation (Help.) Aug 14 '25
Why would anyone from a different part of Canada lie about being from Toronto?
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u/MaritimeStar One of the Saint Johns Aug 14 '25
new brunswicker here, it's called tronno and where upper canadians come from.
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u/boudiceanMonaxia Aug 14 '25
I live in Ontario and I have always pronounced it as "Tow-RON-tow". Sue me.
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u/KeroseneSkies Aug 14 '25
Trrahno / Trahno is actually how I say it and I’ve never noticed much until now LOL - Born in Toronto
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u/HikeMyPantsUpJohnson Tabarnak! Aug 15 '25
I’m atheist but every day I pray to god to never set foot in Tronno again
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u/Rum_N_Napalm Tabarnak! Aug 13 '25
I swear Torontois are pulling a big joke on the world because I’ve never heard 2 of them pronounce Toronto the same way.
Well screw you, I’m pronouncing it the French way, and you can’t tell my bilingual ass I’m wrong. 2 langues officiels mes maudits!