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The article currently contains warning templates saying "this article has an unclear citation style" and "this article needs additional citations for verification". It's not clear to me that these are still issues with the article. What do others think? — Rich wales (no relation to Jimbo) 23:06, 9 April 2021 (UTC)
Reference 80 (gov.ns.ca) is broken HTTP Error 404.0 - Not Found. Unable to find appropriate and working link. — Preceding unsigned comment added by NerillDP ( talk • contribs) 22:15, 24 March 2022 (UTC)
A full explanation of what sounds are used for what words need to be included, whether or not we use IPA or not. Also an explanation of how regional Canadian English varieties have shifted from, or have always differed from, the Canadian/American standard should be included and maybe a diagram or two with some arrows comparing corresponding vowel sounds would be good. Compare this article with /info/en/?search=Inland_Northern_American_English for example. A good start would be explaining the fact that some Canadians say ‘oot’ for ‘out’, ‘treeler pairk’ for ‘trailer park’, ‘cur’ for ‘car’, ‘oover’ for ‘over’ and occasionally even ‘checken’ and ‘Recky’ for ‘chicken’ and ‘Ricky’ for example and with the exception of ‘car’ becoming ‘cur’ these are all Scottish influences (anyone doubting any of this should watch ‘Trailer Park Boys’ on NetFlix). Of course it will be difficult finding a reliable source proving this despite it being blatantly true. Overlordnat1 ( talk) 03:33, 24 May 2022 (UTC)
There is a chart used on this page ( File:Atlantic Canada IPA chart.PNG) labeled "Averaged F1/F2 means for speakers from N.S., N.B., N.L." Since there is no explanation of what the "Averaged F1/F2 mean" is or what it signifies, I would argue that this chart provides no useful information whatsoever. I propose to remove it unless someone can convince me that it has any usefulness. WikiDan61 ChatMe! ReadMe!! 12:27, 7 April 2023 (UTC)
A section is needed to explain how Canadian English was studied by using written questionnaires as it pertains to the linguistic usage of Canadians within everyday life. Some examples by Avis and the Survey of Canadian English directed by Scargill Brycewaynego ( talk) 21:07, 13 April 2023 (UTC)
@Jyqwang You wrote the following line:
"It is only after alveolar consonants (/t/, /d/, /n/, /s/, /l/) the /j/ is then dropped (e.g. duke, new, tune)"
This seems typical of North America, especially among yod-dropping dialects, but I notice that the list doesn't include the palatals /t͡ʃ/, /d͡ʒ/, /ʃ/, /ʒ/, and /j/, the dental /θ/, and the rhotic /ɹ/. If this line is meant to imply that yod-dropping really does only happen after alveolars (and not in the environments I listed), I think it should put emphasis on where it doesn't drop because of how common yod-dropping is in North America. On the other hand, if it does include those consonants, I think the line should be simplified or dropped, because that's where you would expect yod to go. If this a typo or something where it's supposed to say that yod is preserved after alveolars, but not after other coronals (similar (I think) to nearby Victoria according to Roeder, Onosson, and D'arcy (2018)), then obviously that should be fixed. (If the source doesn't specify at all, that's fine.) Tyrui ( talk) 03:47, 3 May 2023 (UTC)
I feel as if a lot of the comparisons are directed toward the US. Although its Canadas' direct neighbour, examples should be diversified to add additional understanding to more readers, rather than relying on knowledge of American-culture and lingustics. Moonsoftoday ( talk) 12:56, 26 June 2023 (UTC)
I was wondering if Canadian English is rhotic or non rhotic! How can I learn rhoticity in Canadian English? 47.145.181.198 ( talk) 00:30, 26 March 2024 (UTC)