>>My brother moved to Toronto 30+ years ago. He has lost his New York City accent entirely. He has the caricature oot and aboot etc. (although not quite that strong) and words like process and progress are pronounced with long o's.
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>I've trained myself to say "prawcess" when I'm speaking to Americans to avoid the strange looks <g>. One thing I never understood is why "process" is pronounced "prawcess" but "professional" is pronounced with a long "o".
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>Another vowel sound difference I've noticed between Canadians and Americans is "a". For example, we pronounce many words with an "ah" sound that you pronounce as "aw", such as "pasta".
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>Not all parts of Canada say "oot" and "aboot". That's an Eastern thing. We in the West look at Canadians who say "aboot" the same way you do <g>.
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Americans say pawsta? I have not heard that. Sounds like it could be Boston maybe, but they pronounce a lot of words funny <g>.