Still OT - Aboot - Re: OT: Oil companies

[open.seas at verizon.net (Chris)]

C Boyko wrote:
>All I know is that once I
> open my mouth in the USA, I'm immediately identified as being a
> non-American, eh? It's all aboot accents at that point, much to the
> amusement of many "United Statesians".
Somehow "aboot" got down to Virginia (that's in the US of A). *I* think 
I say "about" like everyone else in the US of A, but when I say it I am 
frequently asked if I am Canadian. Others ask "Are you from Canada or 
Virginia?".

(Maybe some of those Acadians on their way to New Orleans [for the good 
food and good jazz] settled in Virginia.)

Chris

PS Cathy, I'm not sure that I believe you are really Canadian, but you 
can prove it by sending me 3 large boxes of those maple sugar candies 
shaped like maple leaves. If they taste great, I'll accept that as 
irrefutable proof that you are Canadian.