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• some Canadianisms [sic] such as "eh," "Traw-na," "Cal-gry," and, of course, "aboot."...
  
  As a typical english-speaking Canadian from Ontario, I too certainly use "eh," "Traw-na," "Cal-gry,", etc but I, nor my acquaintances, definitely do NOT use "aboot". We use "about" with an "ow" sound [rhymes with "now", "how"], NOT with an "oo" sound [as in "glue, "goo", "boo"]. Now, there may be a few individuals with a strong Irish &/or Scottish accent in the Maritime provinces who use "aboot" but in the rest of English Canada [Ontario to BC], Canadian Heartland English is most prevalent. In reply to: "Aboot time: GOOG-411 comes to Canada"

  June 22, 2008

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