re qs canadian american ipa font dos genre analysis general interest note difference between canadian american accent bear mind both type accent vary quite bite characteristic part canada characteristic part us example one most widespread characteristic canadian english merger short o long open o e g hock v hawk although characteristic certain area us generally contiguous canadian area merger thus most us border area canada maintain distinction strike contrast geographically between canada adjacent us most point stereotypical canadian feature canadian themselve include those must hand canadian selfstereotype pronunciation aw house etc nucleus mid rather low sound something long o oat speak standard british philadelphian speaker commonality between canada adjacent us similar mention feature raise nucleus ay right seem keep discuss context cause vowel contrast between writer rider canadian upstate ny contrast height along center vowel space rather along periphery central v back nucleus york city upstate ny least though seem distinct canada extreme raise nucleus ay often sound front widespread american ey sound eight canada extreme adjacent us raise low mid aw nucleus stereotype discuss above discussion elsewhere canadian english deal short o before r open syllable most american dialect lengthen raise merge long o sorry rhyme story rare word sorry sorrow borrow few across us dialect although general rful area forest orange most word case adjacent us dialect e g northern wisconsin agree canada continuum strike border distinction observe hock hawk merger s enough although welcome observation localise canadian border us dialect british american actor nt want anything fact s american film call canadian order explain accent apparently nt hear difference guess hear flap t s american stereotype character while canadian latitude 