Canadians don't have accents eh?

Just within southern Ontario there are noticable differences between the Bruce Peninsula and Windsor and the Ottawa River valley. I once worked as a labour rep with a territory which spanned from the Bruce to Windsor and it was quite easy to pinpoint where folks were from by their accents. I've heard plenty of easterners (as others have mentioned) with distinctive accents, but Newfoundlanders sound as different as Cape Bretoners to my ears as Scots to Afrikaan. A friend from Saskatchewan and a vocal instructor from Manitoba both sound to my ears like they've got all the time in the world to get every word out. Maybe time passes more slowly out west. But even further west, where my older siblings were born in an Indian community, there is a mix of watered down Blackfoot and English which sounds older than both languages...ancient.

I wonder throughout all this, how much the written word and mass communication has changed our languages. Or more to the point, what would we sound like without the written word and mass communication?

Missed this thread the first time...best in a long time, I'd say.

Peace, Mooh.