An Italian woman suddenly had a Canadian accent when she spoke English, leaving specialists stumped. Brain scans didn't appear to reveal any obvious changes to her brain. Specialists diagnosed the ...
It’s no secret that our neighbors to the north take a fair amount of ribbing for the way they speak sometimes. In truth, the Canadian dialect has been fodder for comedians, television shows and movies ...
University of Rochester linguist Andrew Bray started out studying the evolution of the trademark sports jargon used in hockey for his master's thesis. For instance, a hockey arena is a "barn," while ...
Hockey players are famous for their distinctive jargon, but while researching this phenomenon, a linguist and hockey player realized another interesting pattern in hockey speech: American hockey ...
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — Some South Carolina Stingrays players are starting to sound Canadian, whether they grew up there or not. That's according to Andrew Bray, a PhD student from the ...
Imagine a world in which Shrek, the titular ogre in the beloved DreamWorks film, boasted a Canadian accent. Okay, it’s not too far-fetched given Mike Myers hails from the Canadian province Ontario.
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