aboot
Canadian "regarding" stereotype
Aboot is an eye-dialect spelling representing how "about" sounds in certain Scottish, Irish, and Canadian accents, where the vowel shifts toward "oo": What are you talking aboot?
Often used humorously to evoke or parody these accents, especially Canadian English.
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- hoserCanadian slang for fool
- toqueBrimless fitted headwear
- loonieCanadian one-dollar piece
- mapleSap-yielding hardwood tree
hockey · poutine · Toronto · Montreal · beaver · Canuck · curling · Quebecois
Regional speech pattern
- dialectRegional language variety
- Canadian EnglishNorth American linguistic variety
- inflectionWord form alteration
- diphthongComplex vowel gliding between positions
phonetics · articulation · Newfoundland · regional · speech pattern
Fixed oversimplified notion
- mockeryScornful ridicule or travesty
- imitationCopy of the original
- caricatureExaggerated comic depiction
- exaggerationOverstating beyond reality
South Park · comedy · impersonation · cliché · satire · spoof · teasing · mimicry
eh
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maple · hockey · poutine · Toronto · Montreal · beaver · Canuck · curling · Quebecois · Nunavut
accent
Regional speech pattern
- dialectRegional language variety
- Canadian EnglishNorth American linguistic variety
- inflectionWord form alteration
diphthong · phonetics · articulation · Newfoundland · regional · speech pattern
stereotype
Fixed oversimplified notion
- mockeryScornful ridicule or travesty
- imitationCopy of the original
- caricatureExaggerated comic depiction
exaggeration · South Park · comedy · impersonation · cliché · satire · spoof · teasing · mimicry · joke
- about toPoised to act
- think aboutDirect mind toward
- how aboutPhrase proposing an alternative
- about timeExpression of impatient relief
- what aboutIntroducing alternative consideration
- forget about itDismissive phrase, drop it
about, roundabout, whereabouts, hereabouts, thereabouts, thereabout, about-face, hereabout, about-turn