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Feb 22, 2022 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
So let me tell you about Canadian Raising 🧵
That distinct accent you hear from many Canadians is called Canadian Raising, which changes the pronunciation of diphthongs (combination of two vowels in the same syllable), usually /aɪ/ or /aʊ/ or both 1/4
Now, one of the words that is noticed the most is the word “about”. Within the Canadian Raising regions it is hard to spell how it sounds, but it actually sounds closer to “a boat” than “a boot”.
