View Poll Results: Who sounds more alike?

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  • Americans and Canadians

    8 42.11%
  • Australians and New Zealanders

    9 47.37%
  • Both in equal measure

    2 10.53%
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    The generalized Standard American accent is very similar, almost unrecognizable, from the general Canadian accent, but when you consider all the dialects it gets complicated...
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    Why are you talking aboat my hoase eh
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    Tell Canadians to say house and about lol They sound awful.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Westbrook View Post
    Why are you talking aboat my hoase eh
    How close do you live to Canada then?

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    About 1,000 miles
    Quote Originally Posted by Tooting Carmen View Post
    How close do you live to Canada then?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Westbrook View Post
    About 1,000 miles
    Which is nothing in American terms.

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    That's what they say.

    One summer near the end of high school my gf and I took a 2,400 mile road trip on our own. I drove about half of it in one day.
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    Which is nothing in American terms.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Westbrook View Post
    That's what they say.

    One summer near the end of high school my gf and I took a 2,400 mile road trip on our own. I drove about half of it in one day.
    That's about the distance of Paris to Naples, isn't it?

    EDIT: More like Paris to Moscow!

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