The Ottawa Valley Accent is Ontario's Most Unique Accent!

[@adamclark1972uk]

Sounds quite Irish sounding

[@trinity_null]

as an OVE speaker I'm happy to see this :D
I must clarify, we DON'T say "care" for car, it's /kær/ with the same sound in "cat"

[@ThePolyglotFiles]

Thanks for the clarification. There was quite limited data on the accent, so it's awesome to get feedback from actual speakers 😃

[@YaguiKippis]

It’s quite funny how I got to see this casual speak for myself a few weeks ago on a trip to Ottawa and now I can see the features of this dialect resumed in a neat short video 😂

[@ThePolyglotFiles]

That's so cool! The whole video is on TikTok if you want to check it out. Thanks for watching 😀

[@YaguiKippis]

@@ThePolyglotFiles Of course! I'll go give it a watch 🤝

[@larastap]

Is there a lot of Scottish influence?

[@trinity_null]

yes

[@ThePolyglotFiles]

Definitely! The area was settled mostly by Irish and Scottish settlers.

[@actionjack7655]

Lived in the ottawa valley my whole life , this is not close 😂

[@Ishkaga02]

Right? Born and raised here, I have never heard a single person who sounds like this

[@actionjack7655]

@@Ishkaga02 it’s like he’s over doing a hick lad accent x1000 to the point that it no longer sounds like a hick lad ottawa valley accent lol

[@dmhq-administration]

Like, to-talyyy! 🤔🤙🏻

[@64imma]

Sounds irish

[@ThePolyglotFiles]

You're bang on! The Ottawa Valley accent descended directly from Irish and Scottish settlers in the area. Thanks for watching 😀