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I've noticed over the years that many non-locals have a tendency to mispronounce the name of our city — well, at least the proper anglophone Canadian way to pronounce "Montreal."

Say you're catching your fave American artist at the Bell Centre, or hear a Hollywood actor lead namedrop the 514 in a film, you'll often notice they say "MAWN-tree-all" (IPA: /mɔntriˈɔl/) instead of the more common way to say it, which is "MUHN-tree-all" similarly to how we'd say "Monday" (IPA: /mʌnˌdeɪ/), or "money" (IPA: /mʌni/), right?

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Canada is recognized for its landmarks, landscapes, and booming culture and food scene. Turns out our accent is also highly regarded. The Canadian accent was ranked in the top five "sexiest" accents in the world for 2022. A recent Preply study found that the generic Canadian accent is considered among the most attractive — particularly by American men.

The language learning platform conducted its study using 2,000 U.S. respondents to find out which accents they love, and which ones they loathe.

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There's no denying that Canadians have a pretty noticeable accent, but we've also got our own way of talking sometimes.

One TikToker hilariously explained this linguistic phenomenon in a video titled "How To Speak Canadian." The content creator, who goes by @just_rob17, shared a clip that showcases how Canadians have various ways of saying both "yes" and "no" and how we often use both in the same sentence to mean different things. Confused? Let us explain.

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A comedian is going viral on TikTok after posting a stand-up set in which he very passionately (and lovingly) rips the Quebec accent to shreds. The TikTok, posted by comedian ByanOJokes — has garnered over one million views so far.

Bryan, who is known for teasing many Canadianisms on his TikTok page, began his set out by talking about how Canadians learn québécois French their whole lives only to have no one understand a single thing they're saying when travelling to other francophone countries. "People don't have a f*cking clue what we're talking about," he said.

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