1 | A: There's a new kind of language using new vowel sounds which is spreading rapidly from Victoria to St. John’s. |
B: Spreading rapidly across Canada, there's a new sound coming from a new language. |
2 | A: These changes in the mouth are occurring right in front of us. |
B: These changes are happening in our mouths and underneath our noses. |
3 | A: Even though the new pronunciation is used every day, almost nobody has heard of it. |
B: The new pronunciation system has already become so common but it hasn't been given a proper name. |
4 | A: As it creeps into our speech under the level of social awareness, the vowel shift is known as a “change from below,” as current in metro Ontario. |
B: The vowel change is creeping into Canada underneath our awareness, changing shifts in us from below as suspected in urban Ontario. |
5 | A: As immigrants and visitors arrive with different accents, we have come to tolerate variation and to play with language ourselves. |
B: As children love to play with a variety of alphabet letters which make language, so should immigrants, visitors and ourselves. |
6 | A: “If we weren’t tolerant,” he says, “we would crack down and say, ‘No, that’s not how it’s pronounced. |
B: “If we weren’t accepting,” he says, “we would break down vowels and insist that newcomers speak like Canadians. |
7 | A: As young women are the ones starting this shift in accents, some experts believe they are subconsciously copying the California accent to be cool and accepted more. |
B: Some experts suggest young women are leading an accent shift because they want everyone to know that they identify with California more than Canada. |
8 | A: Instead, we’ve started to push the envelope even further.” |
B: Instead, we’ve started to expand the new language even more amongst ourselves and other native speakers. |
9 | A: Although, the new Canadian vowels only partly resemble Valley Girl the similarities may be by chance, he agrees the new vowels are th latest. |
B: The new vowels are kind of like California's Valley Girl which may not be on purpose but nonethesame Canada's new speech has the same type of popularity. |
10 | A: The new speech is my badge showing the world how cosmo and aware I am. |
B: The new pronunciation is proof that I am accepting and progressive of other cultures as seen by my speaking closer to their accents. |