I lived in Nova Scotia for over 6 years, and half of that in a rural area. The accent was thick in the latter - some people definitely sounded rather Scottish/Irish. Hard to describe. I remember some of them pronouncing "thirty three" as "durty-trae", and "funeral" as "fyownral".
I really enjoyed this, thank you for doing the challenge! I am from Australia and so my accent is quite different from yours. I like yours much better than my own :)
The Valley-South Shore region are mostly UEL descendants so you guys have a sort of New England-English vibe in yer accents. I'm from up Antigonish way and the rural/'county' accents are very much like Cape Breton and the 'townie' accent is more subtle/Americanized. Growing up the rural kids sounded completely different than the town kids even if we only lived 5km apart, it was really weird.
@NS_first I was thinking the same thing. I am born and raised in Halifax and he said some words which I wouldn't have said. I wonder where in NS he was from. This video is 10 years old, funny I would love to compare accents and dialects from across NS and even Canada. I cant seem to find anything really well done. I was screaming at the "woodbug" or "Pototobug" question. LOL
I feel people think the same of Canada. I'm in Nova Scotia, and it's insane the different accents we have just in our tiny little province, but when I hear Aussie accents or NZ, I usually have a hard time even distinguishing between them two. I find it depends how thick / (maybe rural?)the accent is or not.
pretty sure we have those roly poly bugs in NS. I've heard the name sow bugs for them, in NL they call em carpenters. I mostly call them pillbugs but I think that's because I didn't learn the word for them locally from anybody.
I've never heard anyone else call it a flicker! (family is from Nova Scotia but we live in Europe) I never realised that we must have picked it up from home!
Earwigs, but, Earwigs crawl up into a ball sometimes, We also have Potato bugs.. Have you never uncovered a rock in summertime down here? Their everywhere in south ns.
Hmm. I'm from Scotland and know the history but would have thought the Scottish accent would have almost completely disappeared. You sound incredibly Scottish/Irish. I haven't been able to find another Nova Scotian with an accent as Celtic as yours. Do you come from a particular area that speaks this way or are you a first generation immigrant? What's going on? Haha.
Watch these two videos: czcams.com/video/JbDsfgoLsn8/video.html czcams.com/video/Y7ZwJGtXRAg/video.html A lot of traditional Irish and Scottish culture was kept alive here because of the isolation of Cape Breton and the fact that a lot of working class people left Ireland and Scotland. In this video you can hear a few locals speak. czcams.com/video/SwjFc4l49Ps/video.html Newfoundland is even more different: czcams.com/video/zqLuIXwsLDw/video.html
My family has been here for about 200 years. I come from south Cumberland County, have a lot of a family on Cape Breton Island. Which in many places has the even stronger accent. A strong Scottish heritage there that is very noticeable in the speech. There are people up there that still speak Gaelic. Spent my summers in Cape Breton so that might be par to of it.
polarsquid He had CZcams apply the "stabilizer" and re-rendered the video. It performs distortions to remove shakiness it thinks it sees. Strange, since the camera is not hand held
they're asking if you call an isopod "potato bug," "pillbug," "woodlouse," "sowbug," "roly poly," whatever. it's a weird question if you don't have this kind of bug! upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2b/Slater_rolled_up_for_wiki.jpg
I lived in Nova Scotia for over 6 years, and half of that in a rural area. The accent was thick in the latter - some people definitely sounded rather Scottish/Irish. Hard to describe. I remember some of them pronouncing "thirty three" as "durty-trae", and "funeral" as "fyownral".
As a scot, you say things with some Scottish twang. :P
Hence the name, Nova Scotia ("New Scotland")!
@@NecromancerSloth aw really? What other Gaelic are ye gonna tell me?
@@YerMawsDa nae bor
@@fraserwatsn Tah mate
I'm from Halifax (born, raised, and still here) and I pronounce all those words just like you do... with the exception of "pajamas". Lol
Whooooooa I'm English and I call my grandparents Nanny and Grampy but no one else I know does that! 😲 How strange! 🤣🤣🤣
I really enjoyed this, thank you for doing the challenge! I am from Australia and so my accent is quite different from yours. I like yours much better than my own :)
From Cape Breton, you sound straight outta Compton to me b’y Hahaha
I can hear snippets of Cape Breton. Im guessing that's where you're from.
Cape Breton has the most distinct accent, maybe followed by south shore. I grew up in the valley, might be a accent or just bad grammar haha.
The Valley-South Shore region are mostly UEL descendants so you guys have a sort of New England-English vibe in yer accents. I'm from up Antigonish way and the rural/'county' accents are very much like Cape Breton and the 'townie' accent is more subtle/Americanized. Growing up the rural kids sounded completely different than the town kids even if we only lived 5km apart, it was really weird.
@@calvinbaII what is UEL? Does that mean like United Kingdom countries
@@TwinCitiesOxygen United Empire Loyalists
i'm from the south shore and you really only get especially interesting accents from french communities
I'm technically acadian (although i'm very disconnected from the culture) but that's where all the good accents in NS are
I’m from the valley… I’ve heard I have an accent but you sound just like anyone else around here… but I must do this some day…
@NS_first I was thinking the same thing. I am born and raised in Halifax and he said some words which I wouldn't have said. I wonder where in NS he was from. This video is 10 years old, funny I would love to compare accents and dialects from across NS and even Canada. I cant seem to find anything really well done. I was screaming at the "woodbug" or "Pototobug" question. LOL
American accents sound so similar to me, unlike different British accents that are so distinct
I feel people think the same of Canada. I'm in Nova Scotia, and it's insane the different accents we have just in our tiny little province, but when I hear Aussie accents or NZ, I usually have a hard time even distinguishing between them two. I find it depends how thick / (maybe rural?)the accent is or not.
pretty sure we have those roly poly bugs in NS. I've heard the name sow bugs for them, in NL they call em carpenters. I mostly call them pillbugs but I think that's because I didn't learn the word for them locally from anybody.
Halifax born and raised here, and we called them "woodbug" or "Pototobug" Weird!
My word I’m from over town cuz
I've never heard anyone else call it a flicker! (family is from Nova Scotia but we live in Europe) I never realised that we must have picked it up from home!
like a mix of irish and scottish
Earwigs, but, Earwigs crawl up into a ball sometimes, We also have Potato bugs.. Have you never uncovered a rock in summertime down here? Their everywhere in south ns.
Hmm. I'm from Scotland and know the history but would have thought the Scottish accent would have almost completely disappeared. You sound incredibly Scottish/Irish. I haven't been able to find another Nova Scotian with an accent as Celtic as yours. Do you come from a particular area that speaks this way or are you a first generation immigrant? What's going on? Haha.
Watch these two videos:
czcams.com/video/JbDsfgoLsn8/video.html
czcams.com/video/Y7ZwJGtXRAg/video.html
A lot of traditional Irish and Scottish culture was kept alive here because of the isolation of Cape Breton and the fact that a lot of working class people left Ireland and Scotland.
In this video you can hear a few locals speak.
czcams.com/video/SwjFc4l49Ps/video.html
Newfoundland is even more different:
czcams.com/video/zqLuIXwsLDw/video.html
My family has been here for about 200 years. I come from south Cumberland County, have a lot of a family on Cape Breton Island. Which in many places has the even stronger accent. A strong Scottish heritage there that is very noticeable in the speech. There are people up there that still speak Gaelic. Spent my summers in Cape Breton so that might be par to of it.
why is the side moving
polarsquid He had CZcams apply the "stabilizer" and re-rendered the video. It performs distortions to remove shakiness it thinks it sees. Strange, since the camera is not hand held
I don't hear any accent at all! I was expecting a good Lunenburg or Cape Breton accent but you sound like Halifax.
a bug the rolls into a ball when touched wouldn't that be a catapiller
they're asking if you call an isopod "potato bug," "pillbug," "woodlouse," "sowbug," "roly poly," whatever. it's a weird question if you don't have this kind of bug! upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2b/Slater_rolled_up_for_wiki.jpg
wiciousbeasts oh I didn't know that's what it ment.