10 Canadians needed for School Project
 

Hello, my name is Jack and I am doing a project for my online Master's course in Linguistics. Ya, I know... what for, but why not, I am not doing nothing here in Japan except teach highschool kids.

Anyhow, if you got about 5 to 10 min of time I would appreciate your help. I am Canadian and need a study group of like dialect people. Not American, Ozzies, Kiwis or Poms. Canadians only.

This is about phonetic spelling...spelling it like it sounds.

For example --- school - skool
bread - bred
physics - fiz-iks
Christmas - kriss-mas

What I am studying about are words with barely noticeable vowel sounds (called schwa) like the second "e" in even
or the "i" in practice- prak-tiss

How do you translate it into spelling? That's what I want to know.

So, if you could take about 5 min. or so and take a look at the following 17 words...and respell them in a way that seems natural to you...there are no wrong ways. Just try to write in a way that will give the best impression for the sound.

If you want you could just type on this page here and send it back to me. If you could, I would like to get this back as soon as you can so I could start writing this experiment out. It's due next Friday. Thanks for your time. OK...here we go.

1. abacus -

2. adam -

3. again -

4. apple -

5. canopy -

6. collide -

7. compete -

8. correlate -

9. explanation -

10. fabulous -

11. financial -

12. parade -

13. preparation -

14. reference -

15. subside -

16. succeed -

17. telephone -

Please add your first name (you don't have to give me a last name if you don't want...I can make it up)...age, what did you graduate with (if anything), location and current job.

I really do appreciate this.
thanks.

1. abacus - abbacus

2. adam - adam

3. again - again

4. apple - apple

5. canopy - canapy

6. collide - collide

7. compete - compete

8. correlate -correlate

9. explanation -explination

10. fabulous - fabalus

11. financial - finacial

12. parade -parade

13. preparation -preperation

14. reference -reference

15. subside - subside

16. succeed - succede

17. telephone - telefone

There you have it Jack. My name is Mark and I live in Calgary although I grew up in a small town west of Saskatoon. I'm 32 yrs old and currently work in Technical Sales and Marketing for a small software company. I have a diploma in Managment (from BC) and a Network Admin diploma (Alberta)... it's currently 1232 and I am sitting here in my robe drinking coffee, but maybe I have said too much.

Good luck with your project.

1. abacus - abbahkuss

2. adam - addam

3. again - again

4. apple - apple

5. canopy - canapy

6. collide - colliide

7. compete - compeet

8. correlate -corelate

9. explanation - explanashon

10. fabulous - fabulus

11. financial - financial

12. parade -paraide

13. preparation - prepparation

14. reference - refferance

15. subside - subside

16. succeed - suceed

17. telephone - telefone


I'm 19, my name's Nicole, I just graduated high school less than a year ago, (with first class honours if that makes a difference at all) I'm currently living in Burnaby, and i work two jobs, one in a restaurant, the other in a Bakery in Save on Foods (overwaitea for those familiar with it)

Hope this helps :)

Re: 10 Canadians needed for School Project
 

1. abacus - abakuss

2. adam - adam

3. again - again

4. apple - appel

5. canopy - canapee

6. collide - collide

7. compete - compeet

8. correlate - correlate

9. explanation - explanashun

10. fabulous - fabuluss

11. financial - finanshal

12. parade - paraid

13. preparation - preparashun

14. reference - referance

15. subside - subside

16. succeed - sukseed

17. telephone - telefone

My name is Ryan, 30 years old. Graduated college with a 3 year accounting diploma, and graduated from a 1 year Network Engineering course and have my A+, Network+, CNA, CCNA, MCSA, I live in Windsor, Ontario and currently work with a charitable organization.

Hope this helps ya!

Thank you so much for your time. I really appreciate it. And thanks for the TFP for allowing me to post this and help me with my project.

1. abacus - abikus

2. adam -adum

3. again - again

4. apple - apple

5. canopy - canapee

6. collide - collide

7. compete - compeet

8. correlate -corolate

9. explanation -explanation

10. fabulous - fabulus

11. financial -financhul

12. parade -paraid

13. preparation -preperashon

14. reference -refrence

15. subside -subside

16. succeed -sucseed

17. telephone - telefone

My name is Melissa. I am 20 years old, graduated 2 years ago and have about a year of general studies courses under my belt. Currently working in a customer care department for an airline in Calgary.

Re: 10 Canadians needed for School Project
 

Hey there, my name's Greg, i'm 18 years old, I live in Edmonton, Alberta, and I am a part-time student and full time worker at Boosterjuice.

This was fun to do, the spaces in my words are the breaks in my pronunciation.

Re: 10 Canadians needed for School Project
 

1. abacus - abahkuss

2. adam - adum

3. again - ahgen

4. apple - apil

5. canopy - kanupee

6. collide - kolied

7. compete - kumpeet

8. correlate - korellate

9. explanation - eksplanehshun

10. fabulous - fabyouluss

11. financial - fainanshul

12. parade - paraid

13. preparation - preparehshun

14. reference - refrinse

15. subside - subside (no alt spelling came to mind)

16. succeed - suxeed

17. telephone - telifone

I'm Ryan, 23 years old. About to graduate university with BA in Speech Communication and East Asian Studies Option. I live in Waterloo, ON. Currently a security guard - have been a cook for last 5 years.

NOTE: made a point not to look at anyone else's replies before making my own

- Mike, 31 yrs old
- graduate degree
- currently in Halifax, Canada (prairie-born, so don't count me as having an east coast accent)
- currently working as an economic consultant

Phonetic spellings
 

Gerry
Age - 36
Location - Alberta (central) Canada
Birthplace (also Alberta)
Linguistic influences - (first 5 years of life in Newfoundland St. John - 10 years in my 20's in Yukon - Whitehorse)
Employment - I.T. Analyst
Education - Computer Systems Diploma & Music Diploma
(2 years each)

(I avoided reading any other replies before doing these spellings so as not to be influenced) - Good luck with the study.

1. abacus - abbakiss

2. adam - addum

3. again - agane

4. apple - appel

5. canopy - cannapy

6. collide - coelide

7. compete - compeet

8. correlate - corralate

9. explanation - explanaishun

10. fabulous - fabuelus

11. financial - finanshul

12. parade - pahrade

13. preparation - preperaeshun

14. reference - referens

15. subside - subside

16. succeed - suckseed

17. telephone - tellafone

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1. abacus - ab a kiss

2. adam - ad um

3. again - a gain

4. apple - app pole

5. canopy - can o pea

6. collide - cole lide

7. compete - cum pete

8. correlate - core e late

9. explanation - x plan a shun

10. fabulous - fab u lus

11. financial - fi nan shull

12. parade - pa rade

13. preparation - prep per a shun

14. reference - ref fer rence

15. subside - sub side

16. succeed - suck seed

17. telephone - tel a phone

Cory, 24 , Grad w/honors , Edmonton AB, Business manager.

Re: 10 Canadians needed for School Project
 

1. abacus - abbacuss

2. adam - ahdam

3. again - ahgayne

4. apple - appell

5. canopy - canapi

6. collide - cull-eyed

7. compete - cumpete

8. correlate - korr-elate

9. explanation - explanayshun

10. fabulous - fabyoulus

11. financial - fihnanshall

12. parade - pahrayde

13. preparation - preparrashun

14. reference - refferents

15. subside - subsyde

16. succeed - suckseed

17. telephone - telle fone


A.J., 18, just finished gr 12 last week, telemarketer

1. abacus - aba kiss
2. adam - a dem
3. again - a gen
4. apple - a pel
5.canopy - can o pee
6. collide - ko lide
7. compete - com peet
8. correlate - kor o late
9. explanation - x plan nay shin
10. fabulous - fab u less
11. financial - fi nan shell
12.parade - pa rade
13. preparation - prep ar ray shin
14. reference - reff er ants
15. subside - sub side
16. succeed - suk seed
17. telephone - tell a fone

Randall, 30, some college, hired goon

1. abacus - abekiss

2. adam - adem

3. again - agen

4. apple - apple

5. canopy - canopee

6. collide - kolide

7. compete - kompeet

8. correlate - korilate

9. explanation - eksplanashun

10. fabulous - fabilus

11. financial - fie nan sho

12. parade - perade

13. preparation - preperashun

14. reference - refrence

15. subside - subside

16. succeed - sukseed

17. telephone - telefone

Joann, 18, just finished high school, Vancouver, currently job hunting/will be enrolled in university

1. abacus - abakus

2. adam - adum

3. again - agen

4. apple - apel

5. canopy - kanapy

6. collide - calide

7. compete - cumpete

8. correlate - coralate

9. explanation - explanashun

10. fabulous - fabewlus

11. financial - finanshul

12. parade - parade

13. preparation - preperashun

14. reference - refrense

15. subside - subside

16. succeed - sukseed

17. telephone - telafone

my name is shannon. i'm 20. i'm currently a psychology student, going into my fourth year of my degree. i took french immersion from grades 7-12. i have lived on prince edward island my whole life. i work as a cashier at a grocery store.

best of luck!

Do I win a prize?

how is the study coming along?

1. abacus - ab ack us

2. adam - a damn

3. again - ag ain

4. apple - ap elle

5. canopy - can o pea

6. collide - col ide

7. compete - com pete

8. correlate - corr el ate

9. explanation - ex plan ashun

10. fabulous - fab you luss

11. financial - fine an chal

12. parade - par aid

13. preparation - prep er ashun

14. reference - ref er ence

15. subside - sub side

16. succeed - suck seed

17. telephone - tela fone

Robert, 36, Bachelor's Degree, Film and Television

Most of these words are just as they appear and only need the syllables sep er ated...