Think you can tell a Canadian from an American just by listening to them?
This British linguist thought they all sounded the same… until he moved to Chicago and discovered that Canadians apparently say “sorry” very differently, wear “toques,” write in “scribblers,” visit the “washroom,” and somehow make the word “bag” sound 17% sexier.
From mysterious spellings to vocabulary battles and pronunciation quirks, this deep dive explores the subtle (and not-so-subtle) differences between Canadian and American English.