Rana, I don't think I have heard many Canadians pronounce route as "rowt", but that is about the only word of which I can think that has not become Americanized on the west coast in recent years. Although, perhaps a roof is still a roof (as in moo) and not a ruf, for which you need a per'mit in Canada to reinstall and not a per mit'. Come to think of it, there seems to be more eastcoast-westcoast differences in Canada than there seems to be north-south differences on the west coast of North America, although I still drink beer, not bear, as a friend in LA does.

Upon taking a friend from New Zealand for a tour (pronounced on the west coast of Canada as "too er" unlike in the east , where it sounds more like tore) in the ("kawr" not "kehr") of local farms, she was surprised to see such a large number of "killers" in a herd of sheep. They all looked pretty placid to me, until she explained that the black ones were "killers". Right. I explained that I thought the reason for a larger number of "killers" here than in NZ flocks, might be to supply the local "Indian Sweater" market. I think we were communicating fully that day, but who knows?