Hello and welcome to our Peppy Question of the week. My name is Steve and we are going to be answering another Peppy Question coming from,
Peppy by the way, meaning very fast, very quick and we have a Peppy Question coming this week from Natasha from Moscow, Russia. Who is emailing me with a question…
Steve, I would like to know what the difference between Canadian and American Englishes?
Well, that is a very interesting question Natasha. I got this question a lot from not just from students from your part of the world but, from students all over the world.
The differences are very, very slight. They are very, very difficult to see. Difficult to hear,
We can say that in Canadian English, we follow Britannic Spelling and in some cases, we follow some Britannic grammar but also some American grammar, a lot of American grammars as well.
So, as far as the writing goes, there is kind of a mixed that way; British spelling but a lot of American grammar. I can give you one example.
For example, we use in Canadian English, we use “Should” and “Shouldn’t” and in British grammar, they use “Up to” and the also use “Upten’t”, which is something very, very rare that you would hear in American or Canadian grammar.
And I will just give one more Peppy Answer there, and that is that the Canadian Accent; a lot of people ask where the Canadian Accent. The Canadian say “O-U-T”, which is kind of a closed (Opt Sound).
So for example, A-B-O-U-T, “About” in American English and maybe “Aboout” in a more of an open sound in British and Australian English. In Canadian English and maybe the Scottish Accent as well, maybe Irish as well, they say “A-boat”.
So, that is another way that you can tell the difference. You can see the difference. You can hear the difference between American and British English.
So, I have given you two pieces of information about the difference and the differences between American English and Canadian English, okay?
So, I hope that gives you some idea.
Natasha, thank you for your question, your Peppy Question, and there is your Peppy Answer.
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