J. J. McCullough on YouTube is a pretty popular YouTuber that says aboot a lot. As an American who moved to Canada, I hear a lot of people use “aboat” a lot instead of the more American “abowt”. Though it can be pretty difficult to distinguish between a Canadian and American accent, especially since both countries have several different accents.

[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

JJ has a completely fake made up accent. No one talks like that.

[–] nathris@lemmy.ca -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He says it to get views. The only place you might hear 'aboot' is in Newfoundland. Aboat is I think an eastern thing as well. I rarely hear in in BC.

Dude is from Vancouver, which means he should have a PNW accent. There are some differences between Vancouver and Seattle accents but on the whole they are considered one of the most subtle and neutral in North America.

If you want the American equivalent word, ask someone to pronounce the word 'roof'. Canadians will pronounce the 'oo' like in boot but a lot of Americans will say 'ruff' or 'rough'.

[–] AspieEgg@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

As far as J. J. goes, if you’re curious, he did a video about the Canadian raising accent, where he addresses his use of the word. https://youtu.be/8YTGeIq4pSI

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