Haven't ever run into that, but I've heard that they suspicious if you
say you're American, eh?

On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 9:08 AM, Larry C. Lyons <larrycly...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I'm not sure now, but it there used to be one routine customs
> enforcement and immigration would use when you crossed the Canadian
> border. As an initial check on your nationality, they give you a
> statement to read out loud. It had a quite a few words that Canadians
> pronounce very differently from Americans.
>
> On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 9:17 PM, Dana <dana.tier...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> on the Canadian border they use speech patterns. There are other
>> tells. I can generally distinguish American from non even though I
>> don't speak the language well, but I  don't consider that my business,
>> and that doesn't tell me who is legal, just who grew up where.
>>
>
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