• kent_eh@lemmy.ca
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    1 day ago

    I think Linus does it as a meme, more than as part of his natural speech.

    And Bobsdecline is from the opposite coast.

    The aboot thing is mostly a southern Ontario thing, but since that is where a lot of traditional media comes from, it is the most commonly exported Canadian regional accent.

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      1 day ago

      Linus might be meaming it, but I have heard others say it. The aboat version of it is even common across the northern border in central US.

      I also just ran across a video of two Canadian English teachers talking about it, but they too were almost in the aboat class.