Yes, there is variation. I will take your description ("pronounciation [sic]
of both vowels in the dipthong") as more authoritative than my meagre
ramblings. The Lake Placid student citation is interesting, but I sniff out
maybe Canadian parent(s) of the youngster?
Anyway, I don't think a good Bordeaux an exact match for haggis, but the Scots
have traditionally had strong allies in Gaul, and if we take the absolute best
of both worlds (Highlands, Lagavulin, Highland Park plus Bordeaux, Burgundy et
Sancerre), one can be trés satisfé.
Earl
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On 12/1/2004 at 6:11 PM Andrew Fildes wrote:
>Not quite an elongation - closer to the original (archaic)
>pronounciation of both vowels in the dipthong, just as a Geordie
>(Northumbrian) will pronounce boat as 'bo-at'. Murkins do something
>similar with buoy to produce a very odd pronounciation to other English
>speakers (er, that is English you're using isn't it?).
>The odd vowel sound is very distinctive outside N. America and usually
>a good way to separate C and A to avoid serious offence although I have
>been caught out - a student from Lake Placid exhibited the same sound.
>Also, given that it's such a large place, we can assume some diversity
>can't we? (although there's surprisingly little in Oz). Kiwis simply
>shift the vowel one place so we can hear them coming - no stereotypical
>over-emphasis required.
>The blend of the Scots and French is simply too horrible to contemplate.
>AndrewF
>
>On 01/12/2004, at 2:54 PM, Earl Dunbar wrote:
>
>>
>> I have NEVER heard a Canadian pronounce it "uh-BOOT", as several have
>> implied. A common pronunciation is to add just a bit more "u" vowel
>> sound, so it =sounds= more like "uh-boot" (or "hoose") to those who
>> are used to hearing "uh BOWT", as in "ouch". But it is actually just
>> that the duration of the "u" sound is very slightly longer. What
>> non-Canajian speakers do is over-emphasize the difference so as to
>> create a stereotype.
>>
>> I think the influence is Scottish more than anything else, eh? People
>> think of present day Canada as being founded by the English and
>> French, which in actuality from a cultural viewpoint it's closer to
>> Scottish and French. I won't go down the road of the real founding
>> cultures, the aboriginal nations of Canada, lest I stir up major OT
>> traffic.
>>
>> Earl
>
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