Canadians don't say aboot

[Luis G]

....and the difference between a canadian and a canoe is that a canoe tips and a canadian don't.

 

[K62]

 

[paul_valaru]

Some of us tip....and some of us say aboot.

Usually like this.

"What is that floating in the lake?"

"Aboot."

 

[Nixy]

Some of us tip....and some of us say aboot.

Usually like this.

"What is that floating in the lake?"

"Aboot."

You need to clean out that lake if it's got boots floating in it...

 

[AlphaTroll]

I have not once picked up that Steph says aboot or anything like that. I just think he sounds American

 

[Winky]

I just think he sounds American

heh heh heh

and I'd bet you sound Dutch?

 

[SouthernN'Proud]

But we MUST have our stereotypes, right?

I saw a shirt in a store this weekend I almost bought. "Hike faster...I hear banjo music!" Hell, I thought it was funny.

 

[Winky]

Ain' it funny that stereotypes are true?

no wait...

 

[AlphaTroll]

Not really, I speak English with a South African accent, but I don't have an Afrikaans accent when I speak. Have been told I speak Afrikaans well for an English person

(In response to Winky's theory of me sounding Dutch....not sure why I would sound Dutch, as I am Afrikaans and people who sound Dutch are from a completely different country and continent)

 

[Leslie]

I do in fact say oot and aboot.

 

[tonksy]

Do you say boot? So if you were talking about a boot would it be aboot a boot? Just curious.

 

[Leslie]

it comes out like... ab-a-oot, instead of a-bowt. To the naked ear, it sounds like aboot.
So yeah, like...I'm talking abaoot the boots a-uut there!!!

I have to make an extreme effort to say abowt, and sometimes I just can't.

 

[tonksy]

That's kinda cute.

 

[Winky]

I rally don't no nuthin' abowt Afrikaans perhaps you'd edumahcate us?

Guess you're more African than one would discern from your pho-toes?

 

[AlphaTroll]

Of course I am completely African...but ssshh - don't let Gato hear, he thinks only black people are African

If I had a microphone I'd record something for you, but alas you'd just have to take my word for it and that of forumites whom I have spoken to (except Paul - he thinks I sound like the devil or some such).

(Methinks Rob is possibly the only who has actually heard me speak Afrikaans).

 

[tonksy]

*Raises hand



......'course she forgets about me...

 

[AlphaTroll]

Did I speak Afrikaans to you? And I thought you had a problem understanding me because of my shitass accent

 

[tonksy]

I did! But I asked you to speak in Afrikaans too.

 

[AlphaTroll]

Haha - was it you that told me I sound a lot more 'girly' in Afrikaans?

I do remember the complete lack of understanding from both sides (the accents just threw both of us).

Man....good times

 

[tonksy]

Your voice was much more girly than I imagined period. Very high and young sounding....and I couldn't understand a thing you said! Maybe you weren't speaking Afrikaans!