Western Accent
The primary influences on the accent are Scottish Gaelic and Scots. The rhythm of speech is generally quick-paced, with unstressed syllables often completely elided. Examples can be found with the speaking voices of performance artists The Rankins, Ashley MacIsaac, Natalie MacMaster, or the comedy duo Hughie and Allan.
Some characteristics:
- the s sound can be overstressed, almost approaching a soft th sound.
- the a sound can be shortened- the name John Allan can be pronounced junall'n.
- the a sound resembles the broad a type, similar to some English dialects
Read more about this topic: Cape Breton Accent
Famous quotes containing the words western and/or accent:
“trying to live in the terrible western world
here where to love at all’s to be a politician, as to love a poem
is pretentious,”
—Frank O’Hara (1926–1966)
“I lost my ridiculous accent without acquiring another”
—John Ashbery (b. 1927)