Can you tell Canadian English from American English?

[Suki]

Originally Posted by Nyororin

BTW... I don`t think Jimmy Kimmel is a good example of a standard accent, really - I had never heard of him, but checked a video out online... And guessed where he was from in about 20 seconds. I also guessed that he went to school in California - and was pretty close. He has that Italian-American accent thing going.
Maybe this is only obvious to me because I grew up in the US?

Yeah? You find Jimmy Kimmel's accent to be Italian-American? hahah that's fuuny. It sounds pretty standard to me, but maybe it's cause I grew up hearing mostly Newyorkian and Californian accents and these are the ons that sound most "normal" to me. So yeah I guess I can be a bit biased... cause like, when watching LOST, there are many accents in that show, and to me Jack's was the one closest to what I'd say is standard, but then again someone else might disagree with that.

I agree with the rest of your post above.

[tohruchan7]

hmm i never really thought about it interesting....

[Ojamajoz]

I've never really though about the differences between American and Canadian accents, but now, that would explain a lot....actually, maybe not.

In the video game Silent Hill 3, the voice actors, especially Heather Morris, spoke in a weird way. At first I though it was bad acting. Then I though it might have been a Canadian accent when I was reading this thread. I looked them up, and none of the actors were Canadian. Now I'm just confused.