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Christanford Posted 18 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation
Canadian, and about "like"
How is the generic Canadian(like from Vancouver, Toronto..) accent different from the generic US accent?
I think the way Hayden Christensen speaks is very rythmic, could anyone comment on his accent so that I could try and learn that?
Does it bug you that some people keep saying "like" in every sentence when it is not necessary to?
My private tutor is from Canada and she says "like" every 5 second and it kind of rubs off.
I don't mind saying "like" a lot but would anyone be bothered by this?
I'm gonna have my university interview, so do you think I should that the whole "like" thing out of my system?
Also, how often do British people, Canadians and Americans say "like"? Is it universal?
I think the way Hayden Christensen speaks is very rythmic, could anyone comment on his accent so that I could try and learn that?
Does it bug you that some people keep saying "like" in every sentence when it is not necessary to?
My private tutor is from Canada and she says "like" every 5 second and it kind of rubs off.
I don't mind saying "like" a lot but would anyone be bothered by this?
I'm gonna have my university interview, so do you think I should that the whole "like" thing out of my system?
Also, how often do British people, Canadians and Americans say "like"? Is it universal?
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Hi, I heard that apart from a kind of "Canadian Vowel Shift", there's no difference. Not every Canadian has that set of features in their speech, and many Americans (in certain regions) have that shift in their speech. So I think it's impossible to tell for sure who's Canadian and who's a speaker of General American.
- Hi, I heard that apart from a kind of "Canadian Vowel Shift", there's no difference.
- Not every Canadian has that set of features in their speech, and many Americans (in certain regions) have that shift in their speech.
- So I think it's impossible to tell for sure who's Canadian and who's a speaker of General American.
- "Like" doesn't bother me, since I say and hear it pretty often.
- The same is true for "anyway" or "anyways", "totally", "basically", "yeah", "so yeah", "whatever", etc.
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Hi,
I heard that apart from a kind of "Canadian Vowel Shift", there's no difference. Not every Canadian has that set of features in their speech, and many Americans (in certain regions) have that shift in their speech. So I think it's impossible to tell for sure who's Canadian and who's a speaker of General American.
"Like" doesn't bother me, since I say and hear it pretty often. The
I heard that apart from a kind of "Canadian Vowel Shift", there's no difference. Not every Canadian has that set of features in their speech, and many Americans (in certain regions) have that shift in their speech. So I think it's impossible to tell for sure who's Canadian and who's a speaker of General American.
"Like" doesn't bother me, since I say and hear it pretty often. The
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ChristanfordI'm gonna have my university interview, so do you think I should that the whole "like" thing out of my system?For a university interview, I'd say you should do everything possible to avoid throwing 'like' into every sentence.
Also, how often do British people, Canadians and Americans say "like"? Is it universal?
The word 'like' is use
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