> [mailto:CONLANG@listserv.brown.edu] On Behalf Of Larry Sulky
> Her "Toronto" accent is way off. The Toronto accent has become
very
> close to an American western-Midwest accent, like what you might
hear
> in Minneapolis. What she does is fairly close to a traditional
> Canadian prairies accent or that of a young urban Newfoundlander.
It
> might also be close to a Maritimes accent, but I'm just
speculating
> there. Her "sorry" at the end is completely American Broadcast;
> throughout Canada (even in Toronto) the "o" in "sorry" is quite
round,
> the same sound as in "boring".
That's always been one of the giveaways for Canadian speech. It's
sounds more like [sor\i] than the American [sAr\i]. "Borrow" is
another one like that.