Do Canadians actually say "aboot"!? (With Two Canadians) 

It's more like "a'boat" than "aboot".

In Scotland we say "aboot" canadians say a weird ow sound.

THERE'S A MOOSE LOOSE ABOOT THIS HOOSE!

It's aboot time more Canadians recognize their use of "aboot", acknowledge it and embrace it.

It's not 'aboot" it's really more 'aboat'

"...how 'boat you?" 🤣🤣🤣 I love it, gices me life!

i moved to canada 17 years ago (calgary/toronto) and have never heard anyone say aboot

The "about/aboot" pronunciation stereotype actually comes from the Scottish immigrants who settled in Canada hundreds of years ago. Listen to how a Scot living in Scotland today pronounces "about". It's not a Canadian thing, its a Scottish thing lol

This is how the Scottish Literally talk LITERALLY but the with scots the "oo" sound is more pronounced. "oot" "aboot" and "Hoos" are all scots sounds and words, LITERALLY. What you failed to mention was that there was a large Scottish Migration to Canada and therefore the scots sounds were picked up by Canadians. Novo Scotia is Latin for "New Scotland"!!!

2:15 awesome accent

i was watching yoga hosers and was so confused on their pronunciation of "about" and thought it was a joke or something lmaooo

Not one time did either of you say aboot

The key is vowels and when to and not to stress them.

There's actually a bar around here called Oot an Aboot and it cracks me up. I love our country.

I agree it sounds different, I just don’t hear it as aboot though, even in all these examples. It would be good to hear some side by side comparisons. I’ve been in the states all winter and when people say ‘about’ here, it doesn’t jump out at me as different like say, tour, or route.

When I lived in Canada, I noticed quickly that the so-called "aboot" sound was not "oo" (International Phonetic Alphabet "uː") at all, but really roughly the sounds represented by German ö through ü (usually closer to the former, which in turn is closer to "o" and the sometimes-attested rural Canadian "aboat" pronunciation of "about"). To my ears, they varied in exact delivery depending on speaker/region, with sounds that have IPA symbols of œ, ɤ, ɵ, and ʏ depending on exact point of articulation. Something similar happens with the same class of words ("about", "out", "house", etc.) in parts of rural Pennsylvania. I've noticed a similar pattern in Scottish Gaelic, which I've started studying recently. While the pronuciation guides for that language generally don't get so fine, recordings of actual dialectal speakers from various parts of the Scottish Highlands and Islands clearly sometimes have sounds in the œ, ɤ, ɵ, and ʏ range, and vary regionally (and possibly also by age group, with younger speakers often being school-taught; a similar shift is happening in Irish Gaelic, with a national and "simplified" standard starting to supplant local dialectal variation). Given that Scottish and Scots-Irish (Ulster Scots) immigrants were numerous both in colonial Pennsylania and colonial Upper Canada and the Canadian Martimes (the latter of which still have exant Gaelic-speaking populations in a few places), they seem a likely source of this range of vowels in Pennsylvania and Canada (though the German and Dutch immigrants to Pennsylvania may have reinforced these sounds there).

Friends across the "POND" Atlantic Ocean after hearing this---- 'Emotional Damage😢'

Fortunately you don't fake it like JJ mcoulough. He exaggerates it for coins.

I'm American and I've always used "route" (root) and "route" (rowt) interchangeably when talking about a path, while reserving "route" (rowt) solely for discussing its second meaning of being defeated in battle. Cheers.

something else I've noticed is the way many statements start rising in pitch as if they are asking a question, when it is not a question. Example 0:19

😂🙂😂 I love that "oot and aboot" at the end ❤

It's never aboot and actually more like abeowt. I don't know how two Canadians can't tell how they actually pronounce words in their own national accent. Like seriously?

Want to blend in with canadians? Say the word "like" at least six times in every sentence, as fast as you can. They will think you're one of them.

You said ab out

Thanks for this. I have read about the Canadian Raising but didn't quite get it. Would be nice to have an American and someone from the UK with you to hear the differences.

Canadian here. About rhymes with doubt. Not boot, or boat.

nobody says "a-boot" unless they're trying to lol. it's "a-boat"

Check out JJ McCullough. His "about" is very exaggerated to even the Canadian ear.

Thank Yoo !

To me that NB vowel sound isn't "a boot". It's more like "abeoot" without a Y sound. There's nothing like it in any British accent. I had a work colleague from Vancouver once and he initiated me into that idiosyncrasy. It's instantly recognisable. I was listening to a RU-vid video recently from someone I'd always assumed to be from the US, when BAM! Abeoot occurred and it was a total revelation. I had no idea it was so ingrained in me.

A 50% Canuk here. The "aboot" is never that strong. It's subtle. It's "about" with a little bit more "ooh." Just a tad. The dead giveaway for Toronto is when you say, "tr'ranna." But that was a good clip there, eh?

Audra and Maria are true Canadians -- English teachers with a sense of humour -- and that is "humor" with a bit of Canadian spice :)

I know a Canadian that says aboot and she always says she does it on purpose saying things weird. For some reason i feel she is kind of embarrassed about it but i love it.

i don't think it is "aboot". it sounds closer to "aboat", as in "a boat sailed into the sunset."

To me as a Yank from New Jersey & now California, the Canadian "about" sounds more like "a ⛵" more than "a 🥾"

Both pronunciations of "route" are used in the U.S.

I don’t think I will ever fool a Canadian, being a 7th generation Texan, I met a couple guys from Glenwood Springs, and I was wanting to hear them say “ey”, they didn’t have to wait long to hear “y’all” from me!

There's a moose loose, aboot the hoose. Only, the moose in Canada has horns and is the size of a truck.

Southpark is so funny for poking fun at this

Audra have any channel in youtube ?

Class video

Torontonian and I say "abowt" 🤷‍♀️

It is definitely not "aboot" but "aboat".

Right o. Mighty fine.

Canadian men tend to lower their voices when they say "about" (sometimes sounding like "a boat")

I'm sure this will come as a shock to our American friends, but Canada is a huge country with many differing regional dialects, just like the U.S.

To me it sounds more like somewhere between "about" and " a boat" it is us Scottish people that say "aboot"

They are really focusing on not saying aboot at first but when they don't think about it they go full on aboot and aboat lol

And I think the Canadians in South Park know what this is all aboot.

The only person in Canada who actually says "aboot" is JJ McCullough and it's forced.

NO!

Canadians inherited some words from Scotland for due to Scottish people migrating there years ago. For instance out is oot in Canadian and about is aboot. How I learnt this is one of my cousins friends is Canadian. They don't like it when they are called American

star labs is in the background

You both say it.

As a non-native speaker living in my home country I don't actually notice the difference (besides "route") if you're not exaggerating it.

Oat in a boat

Who else is here because y’all searched that rampage mission where Trevor gets mocked by the two soldiers for his accent? 💀 😂

Scottish style. Juice loose aboot this hoose.

I’m from Detroit and I didn’t hear either them say aboot a boot I think Canadians say the “ou” better than Americans we say “aou“ with more of a pronounced A I but that’s just what I think

Will a bout about a bound boat found around a cloud arouse a house mouse?

The comments are hilarious. "I don't do that!" Lol

Canada is cold so when you’re out and about make sure you wear a boot

Great

The "out" at the end sounds more Irish to me!

i think some people say aboat. definitely not aboot. the number is relatively few though. i think we say it a little bit like the scots. i dont know how to write it. the guys video was how ive seen most people say it.

1:21 The Canadian Raisin

I really hear this now...often Americans say it like 'abawt', more of an 'au' sound than the 'ou' sound that Canadians use.

It's New Englanders who pronounce it 'abaht', that think we speak like the Irish. I grew up in a village in Eastern Ontario and never heard anyone speak that way, However if you meet with a Newfoundlander...

JJ McCollough is definitely a faker (a Canadian RU-vidr) he's one of those identifying himself to the Canadian culture. Nothing bad about this. I'm quite proud of my Canadian heritage too, I half a Canadian. But he's putting on a thick Canadian accent and pronouncing the word "about" not only wrong but also completely exaggerated (as I just found out) Thanks for this video

hosehold... lol

ABOUT NOT ABOOT ASK ANYONE I KNOW THEYLL SAY IM SAYING ABOUT

Nice hair ❤

Where is Stephen Abootman of the WGA?

It's aboot time Canajuns stopped using the word 'um'.

Look we all watch South park so we know you say aboot. 😂

Aboot means about in Scotland.

We, in the States, USED to make fun of the Canadians because of the way they said "about" and "house" with a rising tone. However; we have stopped doing that, because Americans NOW say those words exactly the same way as Canadians. I think the two reasons Americans subconsciously changed the way they say these two words is, first: it is actually a bit easier to say them Canadian way; and second: it sounds better to the ear because it emphasizes the ending vowels...ending with a lighter more melodic French sound, rather than the previous harsher and downward tones, that resemble German.

I live in Canada , but I'm not from Canada. I usually don't catch those pronunciation differences. Now i could see the small really the differences between Canada and USA way of speaking.

It's taken on a more punjabi-Caribbean affectation in it's current arabic

Aboat is not aboot.

This is very subtle. Even in central Scotland it's dated. It's probably more common in Newcastle. The only thing it'll bring to mind on here is a Maynard Bassett Wine Gums 'Set the Juice Loose' wine gums advert with the sterotypical Scot

Why would ANYONE want to sound more Canadian 😭😭😭😭

I am seeing this video because of how I met your mother 🤣

Is there a moose loose somewhere? XD

When visiting the US, I always get accused of having a Canadian accent. I’m Swedish! Although I did play hockey in Canada for a while.

English is not my first language but I pretty much got that North American accent, the question being which one? Then one day, I was talking to an Angolan guy in my judo class and unconsciously said the Canadian "about".

I'm from Oshawa, near Toronto, I'm pretty sure I don't say ABOOT, I say about like AHH-BOUT, almost like saying like A boat. I dunno how else to say "boat" like B-out.

I am Canadian and dont want to sound Canadian anymore. Trudolf made us an embaressment.

Yeah, you do, but so do people from Minnesota, for example.

I work in the oilpatch in northern Alberta, so I get the privilege of working with Canadians from all over the country. The “oowt” sound seems to be more pronounced in eastern Canadians, but I’ve noticed our politicians and government officials in the west have it too. Might have something to do with them spending time in Ottawa and interacting with more easterners.

Everytime I tell A Canadian they say aboot they get super angry and say "I dont know what you are talking aboot" its funny :) Love Canadians just think its funny they are in total denial aboot it eh?

Saskatchewan country accent

No, we don't. Try and listen to those guys from Northern Ireland pronounce "prowl". I guess we pronounce similaryly to them. 🙂

ayo thats star labs in the back!?!?!

Far oot video! Im in my hoose figuring oot what to do aboot my day! Thanks

"A boot"?

So I'm a Southern Ontarian, and I say "About" as a - bowt like every else would, in north America and I have been saying it all my life. But in October of 2021 I was watching this one Canadian youtuber who would say aboot and at first I was so fascinated by it but did not think anything else and just focused on the video. But they more I watched his videos at early December and the more I hear him say "aboot" the more it gets in my head so slowly but surely I have been saying "aboot" and say around as "aroond." So as some cases when I'm talking and I say about I would aboot or in some cases I would say about. Same goes for around. And I would get annoyed because 1) People somtimes make fun of me 2) it's just annoying and a bit cringy 3)It makes it sound like as if I'm faking it and I do it just to sound diffrent or quirky which I kinda not because it just comes in natural. When we talk we have a general point on what we gonna say but we dont think what word were gonna say or how we gonna pronounce it. Tldr, I used to say about but said aboot and a bout because of a canadian youtuber. Sorry for the rant, eh?

I remember Trevor from GTA V had rage killing spree when cops joked aboot his canadian accent 😄

they say a bote not a boot. most canadians ive heard use oat/ote not oot. so its a bote/about and hoe se/house

A-yoot