Tuesday 7 December 2010
lazy talkers
a while back I saw an ad for Tim Hortons Coffee. The ad was simply a cup of coffee and a line that said "true patriot love" next to it. As I read it I of course understood that this line was from the national anthem 'O Canada' what I also thought was how when I sing the anthem or when I hear it the line seems to be screwed up. I sing it and I always hear it being sung sounding like "true pay trit love" the I and O really aren't shown much respect. Then I started thinking to other words that we as canadians get lazy about. Edmonton, my home city, not often but from time to time gets pronounced emonton. where's the D? Another big one is the city of Toronto. that second T gets no love. I often hear people talking about Toronto as Torono. Is this the Canadian accent or are we just a bunch of lazy talkers?
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2 comments:
I don't think it's an accent, but I think it just sort of ended up that way. At least we aren't a nation of spilly talkers!
speaking of which, I often get irritated when I hear people say they are going to bamf.....not only does the N not get respect....it gets changed altogether!
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