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Stu Spelling Bee

What's up with Canadian ice hockey announcers, eh?

Crazy pronunciation of "against" with the elongated second syllable, "a-GAYNst." They're probably just doing it to irritate American viewers, eh.

Posted - June 5, 2022
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  • 34432
    No different than trying to understand a New Yawker when they tawk. 
      June 5, 2022 2:09 PM MDT
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  • 44649
    Americans watch hockey?
      June 5, 2022 3:52 PM MDT
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  • 13277
    I do. There was a full house in Tampa for today's playoff game.
      June 5, 2022 3:59 PM MDT
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  • 44649
    I can't follow the puck.
      June 5, 2022 4:35 PM MDT
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  • 3719
    Not simply an accent difference between the two countries?

    Or the most-heard Canadian hockey commentators being from one area with its own local accent?

    "...different than..." That's an Americanism! :-)
      June 12, 2022 4:27 PM MDT
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