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[–] [email protected] 8 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

“A-boot” is an Eastern Canada thing; west-coast is “ah-bah-Wt” and is common from BC right down into Oregon.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

West coast here. I say it ironically without the rest of the accent.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Well yeah; any time I hear an American drawl, I’ll pull out the Canadian dipthong.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 22 hours ago

It's also just fun to say