Since English as a language originated in 5th century from Anglo-Frisian and West Germanic sources but didn't travel to the Americas until 14/15th C there is no such thing as 'Canadian English'. Maybe English with a canadian accent .. ..
Just as with any country there are certain strong regional accents, and a very small number of TV shows seem to exaggerate them.
What is unintelligible is accents in American made shows, where they have some totally bizarre accent that bears not the slightest resemblance to any English one.
Personally I come from an area that linguistically is the most neutral and closest to correct English (according to Linguistic departments at Universities)
Only a stone's throw away.
I notice that the UK has many VERY strong and different accents. I was raised in Vancouver then I went to Toronto 3359km away and the English was the same. In Canada I think only the people in Newfoundland have an accent that is a mix of Irish, Scottish and accents from England. The Island of Newfoundland became part of Canada in 1949.
The US has a Boston accent, a Tennessee one, a Southern one and a few more. When I worked for an American company I travelled all over the US and noticed many accents. When I travelled all over Canada then most people spoke the same except in Newfoundland and the French Canadian accent (different than from France) in Quebec.
It does have a certain ring to it, doesn't it .. ? .. ? ..
Sir Audio Guru .. .. ..KCB
Actually, the accent issue is far more complex than either group membership, class structure or nationality. It may be affected by all three in some ways but much more by the historical emphasis of native language, shifting colonisation and a major change known as the Great Vowel Shift which began around 1350 and continued into c.1700.
This is very complicated and I don't want to bore you to tears, but a well known example of this influence is the inability of many South East Asians to watch a Video - they usually choose to watch a Wideo ! This is because the 'V' sound does not exist in their native tongue.
Out here they call us SIR when they are after our money, means you must be rich royalty and you can't refuse to pay.
I hope that one day I'll be promoted to a ME DUCK.
Moty is common name there, my moty stands for Motherf***er Of The Year. I was given this name long ago by a colleague because I used to talk a lot about Frank Zappa.
I had a beard trimmer with 2 standard AA NiMH cells with tiny capacity. I replaced them with 2300 mAhr cells and it worked great. Just like before replacement, except it would run forever without recharging (weeks of use instead of barely last one use).
Derbyshire has an accent? I thought they just spoke a bit funny...
Anyways, the trouble with an underpowered beard trimmer is that it pulls the beard hairs and that hurts!