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Originally Posted by CivicBlues
Anyone else notice there's an "Asian-Canadian" or "Chinese-Canadian" accent even among people that were born here and speak English fluently? I find that it pervades a lot of people who grew up on the East side presumably whilst growing up in a Cantonese speaking household and hanging out with mostly Chinese-Canadian peers with the same background.
I, on the other hand, grew up in a mostly white neighborhood and had mostly white friends in Elementary with a few Asians friends who were mostly whitewashed. It was only until I went to HS my social group slanted (sorry) more towards the Asian side. Even now people still say I "sound white" when I speak. Even now when speaking to CBCs I can pretty much tell as well which side of Main Street you grew up on (or if you're from the suburbs) just by the way you speak.
Not saying one is better than the other. In fact, I'm probably at a disadvantage since I can't speak Chinese to save my life.
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You can usually tell if a chinese person went to Britannia and if a punjabi person went to John Oliver