The Accent Tag Video (Alberta, Canada)

[@BloodSilo]

I was born and raises in alberta; you have a country accent to me.

[@goobertsnoobert9015]

same

[@magicslave3066]

People talk like that in alberta !

[@setheifert9746]

I grew up in northern Alberta and I’ve always been asked where I goth my accent from 😂

[@michelangelocaravaggio261]

Apparently some Albertans sound like southern Americans and other Albertans sound like typical northern Americans and Canadians.

[@karllogan8809]

hey bud right on eh! fuck yea, you're a smart dude.

[@MrReviewThis]

Albertans get a drawl or kinda drag on the Os, ie: oh yeah, albertan say it a bit harder, whereas Ontario say it a bit softer and raise the O. Thats how you get the aboot instead of about.

[@noahheninger]

I'm from Alberta and I recognize that accent. Some people have it, and some people don't. I carry it intermittently, especially when I'm a little nervous. It's weird. He's putting a lot of emphasis on his R's. You don't notice how different we look and sound until you see it in a KZbin video, and then the familiar becomes strange.

[@theOneGuy113]

From texas and you would pass as a local here. Some words have different pronunciations like pecan, but overall, you could pass :)

[@TH-tl6sy]

Well they do call Alberta Canada's Texas. All Conservatives, Oil, Cattle, Pickups, Cowboy's,and guns. Lol

[@TurkistanSeneti]

That's exactly what I thought, I'd have believed him if he said he was from Dallas lol

[@LikaLaruku]

Sounded Southern to me too.

[@user-oe5hp2ff7u]

I lived in Alberta for a bit and the accent is very different from other places I've lived in Canada (Ontario, BC). It sounds very influenced by Native American speaking and almost sounds slightly southern (American). Yours sounds nice :)

[@NMeyer0]

I'm from Ontario, I can hear your accent. It kinda sounds a little Western like you might hear in the American Old West. It just carried on through the years although it's a lot less.

[@alle6621]

Love the pic and name lol. Know what’m sayin? 😂

[@DarExc]

No one thinks of themselves as having an accent but we all do, we just sound "normal" to ourselves and our communities as that's how we speak, everyone has an accent of some sort though. I am from Ontario and people asked me where I was from in Alberta, I could hear an accent in people there as well. Western Canada has a different accent than English Ontarians/Quebecers and Eastern Canada has a different accent while Newfoundland has another.

[@Miharu2020]

Wow you sound pretty country I'm from louisiana :)

[@llamaphobic]

Miharu2020 he did because he do and he's faking an Canadian accent for some reason

[@Runciedany]

Jon Forsyth There are country people in Canada too.

[@Phyoomz]

He sounds like a Texan who spent half his life in Minnesota.

[@Macmadgram]

I was born and raised in Alberta and have lived in Ontario now for 28 years. You have a rural Alberta accent. I had one when I first moved to Ontario too. I would be asked when on the telephone if I was from Alberta. It surprised me but now I hear the Alberta accent so I suppose I now have a southwestern Ontario accent Oh well! We are all Canadians!.

[@ajperry738]

US ALBERTA people ROCK! Some of us have the accent! Sure enough I do cause I am from the Mountains

[@northernredneck3436]

Fuck yea! Southern Alberta..represent

[@kanenanias3439]

Hell yeah man

[@ZeldaJ]

He sounds country... lol I'm so confused

[@christianjarvis167]

Alberta is like Canadian Texas, source: I grew up there. Ya got oil, cows, cowboys, and a lot of religion.

[@m2chn]

As an American English speaker who frequently meets Canadians, I can tell by their accent. I can say most of the way you enunciate words is very similar to Americans just south of the border in upper mountain states of Montana, Wyoming, Idaho and even lower mid west like Kansas and Nebraska. I met an older middle aged couple, the Millers, from Alberta and both of them spoke their words like they were Americans. Mr. Miller even had close family in North Dakota.

[@Skovie1]

u have a strong accent, im from alberta but dont sound anywhere close to this

[@gingin2333]

I'm an Albertan who sounds "Southern" too. Was never pointed out til I moved out of S.W. Alberta and had to live near Urbanite Albertans. Either way it's not even close to the "Canadian Accent" people assume we all have.

[@callisto4838]

I lived in Grande Prairie AB for a year and it was pretty split between the Southern sounding accent and the stereotypical North American accent. I guess it just depends on the person and their upbringing.

[@jindermahal322]

he's handsome

[@kiirstinholly]

I'm from alberta too and don't have an accent like you lol

[@jacquialexander1666]

And the sniff. That’s part of it-you hear him do it right at the end just before he turns off the camera. Classic

[@kalliedehartburke3562]

Dude! I live in Kentucky and your accent sounds like Eastern KY/ W. Virginia. That's kinda strange :)

[@My_eyes_hurt]

Well , southern Alberta is right on top of Montana. So I think it comes from there.

[@iamgribs]

He probably grew up in a smaller community. In Ontario it works the same way. If you are from Toronto you will sound totally different from someone from Lanark County for example.

[@teengenerate08]

I'm from the Toronto area but went to Uni out in Calgary, and certainly recognize that accent. In my estimation that is a proper rural Alberta accent. There are definite similarities to parts of rural Ontario, although the rural Alta accent is "flatter" sounding than say SW Ontario

[@seamusmuldrew5623]

I think this might be a southern Alberta accent cause I’m from Edmonton and my friends from rural areas have a completely different accent

[@illkao6211]

From Calgary here... you have an accent to me

[@heatherhall3405]

Aww he sounds like he's from the south or the old west (in America) it's cute!

[@VictoryJean]

Sounds normal to me!!.....But then again, I am from Southern Alberta :P

[@myopinion3908]

VictoryJean most from southern Alberta don’t sound like this 🙄

[@campbell0162]

@@myopinion3908 your an idiot

[@samishaniyy]

He's from northern Alberta.

[@Ir0nMa1d3n]

You sound almost like our Hillbilly country accent from Indiana. I didn't really hear it til my bf and I moved to Michigan. Sounds deep like a Native Chief.

[@albertastorms]

My uncle who is a retired Alberta Farmer and Rancher, is in his 70’s and has a strong drawl in his accent, very similar to an Oklahoma accent which makes sense since during the dustbowl a lot of Oklahomans aka Okies and Texans left those states and those who didn’t go out to California headed north and quite a lot settled in rural Alberta and Saskatchewan. Also rural Montana and Wyoming people have a drawl as well.

[@vikingstorm32]

I live in Minnesota and if i didnt know were you were from, i would have guessed texas or Tennessee. I would have never guessed canada

[@deanna4537]

I'm from picture butte ab, and very recently I've been told a few times I have an accent. I never believed them, but it may be true.....

[@stevestruthers6180]

I live in Ontario, and to me, you have an accent.

[@DforDelinquent]

I was born and raised in BC and you sound quite Texan to me.

[@karensauve3791]

Wow that's a full on southern Albertan accent.

[@Thanatar13]

Apart from a few things I speak slightly differently, sounds about right and most of my life lived in Alberta... Other people might claim there's a slight accent but honestly I can't hear much of a difference.

[@rickc2455]

I can't some people are still talking about this after this long lol

[@jacksuhshey6252]

you live in calagry

[@jaynesriba8861]

Just ran into this old post folks. Yes indeed, sounds a bit Southern. You would fit right in here, High Springs, FL. No one would notice a difference:)

[@kellielombard8582]

Someone could tell me he was from Mississippi & I’d believe them!

[@Klaublm]

I like it, I'm from the american south and you do seem like you have a lot of the same traits as we do when we speak but there is a kind of canadian quality to it, also we say some words differently, I've never heard of a drag cart or a potato bug before.

[@arrow5726]

I'd love to compete with this guy. I'm Albertan too, but I sound slightly different... I find parts of his accent sounds eastern, and at times, from Ontario

[@TypicalManderz]

I am in Ontario Canada I hear a difference between us lol.

[@rickc2455]

This is so old and it still keeps getting attention hahaha, Funny though cause i got older i've grown out of "Accent"

[@andreabenoit3482]

UPDATED VIDEO. We need a 2023 version.

[@crypticlolita]

I live in Calgary and you do have a pronounced Canadian accent, but with a southern twang :p Interesting

[@timboslice7300]

Your accent is Alberta.

[@famguy218]

You definitely have an accent compared to 'general American'; I'm live in and you talk a little similarly to some of us.

[@Whiskys]

Some parts of British Columbia also have a bit of a country accent. I am from the part that does and moved away, this kinda sounds like it.

[@bimtucklez]

I'm from Ontario, but your accent sounds more like someone who lives out in the country.

[@dddang]

You have a country accent not a city accent

[@Skadagisgi]

You sound Canadian to me, at least in some of the stereotypical ways but more reserved.

[@rickc2455]

Haha yeah i don't hear how we apparently sound.. I get that alot though, Most people think i am from down south but nope!

[@jediwookie9197]

calgary born and raised, you sound eastern canada to me.

[@colejones20able]

I'm from a Alberta city and you sound rural Alberta to me

[@GabiN64]

bro how do you have a southern accent and live in the north?

[@Kiki-gs6ml]

You have a southern accent

[@darkness4382]

I think people in Alberta fantasize over being southern/country. I think this accent is made up by the younger generations from being influenced by country music from the Southern US. Its like when a kid from the suburbs starts to talk and act like a “gangster rapper” of some sort, even though he hasn’t stepped foot in a real ghetto, they’re only mimicking what they think is cool.

[@swampthingindependent8367]

You got a little bit of a country accent like Michigan.

[@josie.a.p]

He's actually so cute

[@rickc2455]

Josie lol thanks, I look so young then..

[@josie.a.p]

Rick C i was so glad to see someone else say Potato bug 😂

[@sipka2390]

Where are you from in AB? Never heard an accent so strong

[@newbris]

I know people in Carstairs and their accent is stronger than his.

[@weegee_hates_the_blind]

the voice actor for Trevor Philips from gta 5 (steven ogg) was from alberta canada

[@trevorphillips9197]

weegee buster Steven Ogg isn't from Alberta He's from Calgary

[@weegee_hates_the_blind]

Trevor Phillips my friend... your lucky i'm not an ass... because Calgary is a city... and Alberta's a providence

[@trevorphillips9197]

Get a life instead of picking fights i can't believe you such a dumbass

[@trevorphillips9197]

weegee buster I see that you obviously don't have a life because all you do all day is check other peoples punctuation man what a piece of low life shit you are wow.

[@weegee_hates_the_blind]

Trevor Phillips i know i said i wouldn't reply, but are you even being serious? i honestly feel like your just trolling me at this point to get a good reaction.

[@alofamiliaaa3694]

You sound a little bit the same as southern american accent,but there are many exceptions: many people,over there,say worsh instead of wash,ohl instead of oil,the-eh-ter instead of theeter or thee-uh-ter (theater/theatre),cahrmul or caramul instead of caramel,they say rollin' the house instead of TPing,coke instead of pop,the devil is beatin' his wife instead of "precipitation",that is sun shower. But you surely sound like the southern accent or so.

[@wonhyoyi5855]

you kinda look and sound like a young Seth Rogen

[@Scorch1028]

As an American, I cannot distinguish an Alberta accent from a British Columbia accent.

[@DforDelinquent]

Really? I'm from BC and he sounds Texan to me.

[@OatmealGrillBlazer]

@@DforDelinquent as a American to me he doesn't sound like he's from Texas he sounds like he's from the Midwest

[@LikaLaruku]

Your accent could pass for American Southern. But if you tell them you're from Alberta, they expect you to have that fake cadence Chills & BrayBray use.

[@sageantone7291]

Um, Canadian accents are absurdly thick. And Albertans do not sound like Americans.

[@lumm0x267]

That's mostly the rural parts of Alberta, if you go to the cities in Alberta they sound fairly close to Americans.

[@timwoodard7058]

Alabama

[@Ishbu101]

dude you have a huge accent. I can't believe you can't hear it

[@tylerleemyles9592]

Ontarians sound more like that. This guy sounds like he's from Texas.

[@jondawsonNY]

haha you definately have an accent im from california and you have that forced awkward canadian-speak. "Ohhh yaa jeez you know"

[@ravynwolfe]

Sall men? wow...that's interesting. We call it Sammen in BC.

[@KIMKIDS]

I call it "sammen" in Alberta too lol not very often I hear people say "sall men"

[@joshua1327]

I think he just read it so fast he mispronounced it.

[@mariusbleek]

I find that males tend to have more pronounced accents than women of the same region in most cases. I haven't heard anyone that sounds like him in Central Canada, and haven't heard a similar sounding accent in Calgary or Red Deer either. I'm more accustomed to rural Ontario dialect, which can be choppy and doesn't drawl as much as this particular youtuber.

[@teengenerate08]

I hear similarities between this guy's accent and rural Ontario, but you are right, there is a certain kind of choppy, almost staccato patter to a lot of rural Ont, esp SW Ont that contrasts to this man's drawl. In addition, the Alberta accent has a certain "flat"-ness to it (it don't know the proper linguistic term) that contrasts to how nasal and creaky rural Ont can sound.

[@solangestar5]

You a baddie

[@sibez6303]

sounds similar to new brunswick

[@zarekarstudio]

Ahhhh, i don't agree with the 'canadians don't have accents' thing- And I am Canadian! I mean, just listen to a Newfie, or someone from Nova Scotia.

[@bcuz8998]

Confederate flag in Canada?

[@llamaphobic]

Not sure you're from western Canada or South Carolina.. No one person's talks like that.

[@TurkistanSeneti]

Have you even been to SC? this is not SC at all lol

[@speedonthis]

Fuck bud Ive lived in this province my entire life and I've never heard anyone talk like how you talk

[@83drewski]

Do people really talk like that in Alberta?

[@BrookeK92]

+Andrew Kinamore In the country they do :p

[@daple1997]

well.. it varies from with age, ancestry, how long you lived there,just simply from person to person. for instance ive noticed the new pronunciacian of bag from person to person as baig as opposed to the most commong behhhhg. when i asked a buddy of mine he said that is just for hicks but i jear it from time to time.

[@RustySporks]

+Andrew Kinamore Down by Del Bonita there are a lot of people that talk like this. You basically have to live right on the US border. I've heard three main accents in Alberta. This one, a "general American" accent, and then an ugly, annoying as hell rural Albertan accent (like what premier Alison Redford had).

[@waltwhitman7545]

this is a really strange type of Albertan accent i've only really heard a couple times spoken. only really with some people who live really out in the countryside, south maybe around okotoks area. in Calgary, virtually no one really sounds like this. strangely some mormons and hutterites do seem to have this accent though.

[@myopinion3908]

🤣 you don’t sound like a typical Canadian at all. You sound like you came from a southern US state. Shopping carts 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@tylerleemyles9592]

ha, Albertans sound like Americans.

[@mikeh7160]

Dude I'm from Alberta and you sound like from the down and dirty south, you ain't Canadian bro!

[@daveg6839]

This guy listens to way too much country music. Anyone visiting Edmonton or Calgary (2/3 of the Alberta population) expecting to hear this type of accent will be disappointed. You have to head out to the country and even then this guy's "accent" is pretty extreme.

[@Zerodghjj]

Sorry bud you have an accent.

[@alexrivera2066]

Super fake sounds more like a texas accent