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Canadian Raising /aʊ/

Canadian Raising /aɪ/

north/force "-orr" words

Canadian Lowering /ɛ/

trap + nasal /æN/

R-Colouring/Rhotic Vowels

trap/bath/palm

"-ile" words

Conclusion

 

Canadian Raising — "eye" /aɪ/

Considered to be part of the same process that happens to the /aʊ/ sound, the price lexical set, /aɪ/ also "raises" significantly in the speech of most of our dialect donors in the Ontario region, [əɪ]. As with the mouth lexical set, this only occurs before voiceless consonants, and never before a voiced consonant, pause or syllable break.

Word Pairs

Dies vs. dice

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         Male, St. Thomas/Toronto/Kitchener ON, b. 1961—Complete Sample

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         Female, Hanover/Barrie ON, b. 1990—Complete Sample

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         Male, Mattawa/Northern ON/St. Thomas ON, b. 1960—Complete Sample

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         Female, Sault Ste. Marie ON, b. 1964—Complete Sample

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         Female, Cobourg ON, b. 1956—Complete Sample

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         Male, Parry Sound/London/Oakville ON, b. 1971—Complete Sample

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Lies vs. lice

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         Male, St. Thomas/Toronto/Kitchener ON, b. 1961—Complete Sample

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         Female, Hanover/Barrie ON, b. 1990—Complete Sample

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         Male, Mattawa/Northern ON/St. Thomas ON, b. 1960—Complete Sample

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         Female, Sault Ste. Marie ON, b. 1964—Complete Sample

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         Female, Cobourg ON, b. 1956—Complete Sample

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         Male, Parry Sound/London/Oakville ON, b. 1971—Complete Sample

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Confide vs. fight

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         Male, St. Thomas/Toronto/Kitchener ON, b. 1961—Complete Sample

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         Female, Hanover/Barrie ON, b. 1990—Complete Sample

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         Male, Mattawa/Northern ON/St. Thomas ON, b. 1960—Complete Sample

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         Female, Sault Ste. Marie ON, b. 1964—Complete Sample

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         Female, Cobourg ON, b. 1956—Complete Sample

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         Male, Parry Sound/London/Oakville ON, b. 1971—Complete Sample

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Ride vs. right

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         Male, St. Thomas/Toronto/Kitchener ON, b. 1961—Complete Sample

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         Female, Hanover/Barrie ON, b. 1990—Complete Sample

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         Male, Mattawa/Northern ON/St. Thomas ON, b. 1960—Complete Sample

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         Female, Sault Ste. Marie ON, b. 1964—Complete Sample

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         Female, Cobourg ON, b. 1956—Complete Sample

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         Male, Parry Sound/London/Oakville ON, b. 1971—Complete Sample

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Pied vs. pipe

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         Male, St. Thomas/Toronto/Kitchener ON, b. 1961—Complete Sample

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         Female, Hanover/Barrie ON, b. 1990—Complete Sample

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         Male, Mattawa/Northern ON/St. Thomas ON, b. 1960—Complete Sample

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         Female, Sault Ste. Marie ON, b. 1964—Complete Sample

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         Female, Cobourg ON, b. 1956—Complete Sample

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         Male, Parry Sound/London/Oakville ON, b. 1971—Complete Sample

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Mine vs. Mike

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         Male, St. Thomas/Toronto/Kitchener ON, b. 1961—Complete Sample

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         Female, Hanover/Barrie ON, b. 1990—Complete Sample

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         Male, Mattawa/Northern ON/St. Thomas ON, b. 1960—Complete Sample

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         Female, Sault Ste. Marie ON, b. 1964—Complete Sample

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         Female, Cobourg ON, b. 1956—Complete Sample

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         Male, Parry Sound/London/Oakville ON, b. 1971—Complete Sample

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Sentences

Mike confided that he lied twice that his life was ripe for strife and a fight.

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         Male, St. Thomas/Toronto/Kitchener ON, b. 1961—Complete Sample

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         Female, Hanover/Barrie ON, b. 1990—Complete Sample

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         Male, Mattawa/Northern ON/St. Thomas ON, b. 1960—Complete Sample

21.
         Female, Sault Ste. Marie ON, b. 1964—Complete Sample

22.
         Female, Cobourg ON, b. 1956—Complete Sample

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         Male, Parry Sound/London/Oakville ON, b. 1971—Complete Sample

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The erudite writer’s concise diatribe was like a knife that snipes at polite advice.

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         Male, St. Thomas/Toronto/Kitchener ON, b. 1961—Complete Sample

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         Female, Hanover/Barrie ON, b. 1990—Complete Sample

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         Male, Mattawa/Northern ON/St. Thomas ON, b. 1960—Complete Sample

21.
         Female, Sault Ste. Marie ON, b. 1964—Complete Sample

22.
         Female, Cobourg ON, b. 1956—Complete Sample

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         Male, Parry Sound/London/Oakville ON, b. 1971—Complete Sample

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If you ride a bike on ice at night, you might provide a crisis in your life.

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         Male, St. Thomas/Toronto/Kitchener ON, b. 1961—Complete Sample

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         Female, Hanover/Barrie ON, b. 1990—Complete Sample

17.
         Male, Mattawa/Northern ON/St. Thomas ON, b. 1960—Complete Sample

21.
         Female, Sault Ste. Marie ON, b. 1964—Complete Sample

22.
         Female, Cobourg ON, b. 1956—Complete Sample

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         Male, Parry Sound/London/Oakville ON, b. 1971—Complete Sample

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