Canadian English, general

English in Canada is very similar to American English and is becoming increasingly so, at least in pronunciation (there are some lexical differences, however). The main phonetic feature which distinguishes Canadians from Americans is the centralised onset of the diphthongs /ai/ and /au/ when followed by a voiceless segment, e.g. like [ləɪk] and about [əˡbəʊt]. This centralisation is not found before voiced segments, e.g. tide [taɪd] and loud [laʊd].

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