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I can't even tell apart Canadians from Americans.
Is there a difference then?
Of course there is!
Canadians say, "Eh!" at the end of every sentence, or "Eh?" if it's a question, or "Eh... Aw!" if they're disappointed aboot something; there are many forms and variations. Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations, if you will. Eh?
Americans Americans, on the other hand, have several linguistic querks, depending on their region of origin.
In Maryland, people call you "Hon" (pronounced like "Atilla the," short for "Honey") all the time, regardless of gender. Example: "How ya doin', Hon?"
In New York, people ask you if you know what they mean periodically, throughout your conversation, using a unique word derived by mashing a phrase together. "Nohwatameen?" Some folks use shorter variant: "Yowmin?"
In the Midwest, a heavy Germanic influence can be heard on the language, as the word "Yes" is almost universally eschewed in favor of the German "Ja."
And, like, in, like, California, like, everybody, like, uses, like, the, like,word, like, LIKE, like, as, like, every, like, other, like, word, like, nohwata-like-mean?
And across this great nation, ending a sentence with a preposition is something we've grown very fond of. And sentence fragments.
So, yes, linguistically speaking, there is a subtle, but definite, difference between Canadians and Americans.
We generally don't get as much snow in July as they do in Canada, either.
