Dialect?

[xstitcher]

Can anyone explain why Canada or other words ending in a often sound like Canader when spoken by some people on the telly?

[Retrochic]

Pronunciation differences are 'Accent' not Dialect. Dialect is words or phrases used exclusively by people coming from a certain region or country.

[bhg481]

We learn to speak before we learn to read, so we copy pronunciation from the people around us. When we learn to read it's too late, or too much bother, for people to pronounce words a they are spelled.

[BlackadderV]

Unstressed vowels, especially A and E, tend to lose their their value and are often pronounced more like 'uh'. cf butter and hammer.

[The Builder]

Yes, it's accent rather than dialect. I think what you're talking about is what's called the "intrusive R".

Down here in Devon, kids aren't used to hearing the "long A" for instance. So "lager" instinctively becomes "larr...ger" with a hard "G".

[jno]

you usually have to insert some sort of vague consonant sound between two vowels, so you might talk about "Canadarafter the war" or "move the pianowover" or "does a beeyever sting itself"..

[xstitcher]

I stand corrected...accent it is, and thank you all for your very well thought out answers.

[bednobs]

how else is canada pronounced if not can - a- der?

[xstitcher]

I might suggest bed knobs that you get out and about a bit more and you would soon find the answer to your question.

[Mamyalynne]

Coooooo that's you told.

[bednobs]

Thanks for the advice. How is it pronounced , out there in the big wide world then?

[murraymints]

kan..aa..daaa

[xstitcher]

Well done murry mints, go to the top of the class!

[murraymints]

smug smile...lol

[bednobs]

i can't work out how you would fit kan-a-daa in a sentence without sounding stupid
Meanwhile, the arbiter of everything (!) you tube agrees with me!

[Mamyalynne]

I say Canadia just to be awkward.

[murraymints]

I hear kan..aa..daaa not kan.a.der..

[237SJ]

I can`t say I have noticed any difference in pronunciation between people on the TV or anywhere else. Anything that ends with 'a' is going to sound slightly like 'er' - canula, canola etc. They all sound slightly 'er'.

[bhg481]

Well I can't hear an "r" in your clip Bednobs, so the clip doesn't agree with you.

[wendilla]

I agree with xstitcher and mm . How can it be can a der when it is spelt can a da . There is not an r so don't matter what dialect you are it is not a der its a da . Dialect would make sense in some cases but not this one .

[Tilly2]

The a sound comes from the front of your mouth. The r sound comes from further back.