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Introduction

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

 

 

Conclusion

The samples show not only the subtle variety of Ontario accents, but also their great consistency. Though some word groups offered up a great deal of variation, even among individuals, most lexical sets behaved predictably in the mouths of our dialect donors.