Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:dialect
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| gptkbp:feature |
flapping
yod-dropping Canadian raising cot–caught merger merger of 'Mary', 'marry', and 'merry' non-rhoticity is rare influence from American English influence from British English use of 'garage' pronounced as 'guh-raj' or 'gair-ij' use of 'drama' pronounced as 'drama' (not 'dramma') distinct pronunciation of 'ou' as in 'about' use of 'been' pronounced as 'bean' use of 'been' pronounced as 'bin' use of 'drama' pronounced as 'dramma' use of 'garage' pronounced as 'gair-ij' use of 'pasta' pronounced as 'pah-sta' use of 'pasta' pronounced as 'pass-ta' use of 'process' pronounced as 'pro-cess' use of 'process' pronounced as 'proh-cess' use of 'route' pronounced as 'root' or 'rowt' use of 'route' pronounced as 'rowt' use of 'schedule' pronounced as 'shedule' use of 'schedule' pronounced as 'skedule' use of 'semi' pronounced as 'sem-ee' use of 'semi' pronounced as 'sem-eye' use of 'sorry' pronounced as 'saw-ree' use of 'sorry' pronounced as 'sore-y' use of Canadian spelling use of eh vowel shift similar to General Canadian English |
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Western Canadian English
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| gptkbp:languageFamily |
gptkb:Anglic
gptkb:Germanic gptkb:Indo-European gptkb:West_Germanic gptkb:Anglo-Frisian English |
| gptkbp:region |
gptkb:Western_Canada
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| gptkbp:spokenIn |
gptkb:Alberta
gptkb:British_Columbia gptkb:Canada gptkb:Manitoba gptkb:Saskatchewan |
| gptkbp:writingSystem |
gptkb:Latin_alphabet
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| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Canadian_English
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
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