Ottawa Valley Twang

Ottawa Valley Twang is the accent, sometimes referred to as a dialect of English, that is spoken in the Ottawa Valley, in Ontario, Canada.^[1] The Ottawa Valley is considered to be a linguistic enclave within Ontario, in the same manner that Lunenburg, Nova Scotia is within the Maritime Provinces.^[2] Ottawa Valley Twang originated with the Irish settlers of the valley the 1840s.^[3][4]

The Ottawa Valley 'brogue' is also explored in Ian Pringle, Enoch Padolsky The Linguistic Survey of the Ottawa Valley The American Speech, Vol. 58, No. 4 (Winter, 1983), pp. 325–344. According to Pringle and Padolsky, there are at least ten distinct varieties of English in the Ottawa valley (326).

See also

• Irish language
• Newfoundland English
• Lunenburg English

References

1. ^ http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/magazine/so05/indepth/justthefacts.asp | Canadian Geographic.ca
2. ^ Ronowicz, Eddie; Colin Yallop (2006). English: One Language, Different Cultures. Continuum International Publishing Group. pp. 145. ISBN 9780826470799. http://books.google.com/books?id=4ZvDS2ctPNEC&pg=PA145&dq=#v=onepage&q=&f=false. 
3. ^ Scargill, M.H.. "Differences Among Regions". The Canadian Encyclopedia. http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1SEC820098. Retrieved 2009-08-26. 
4. ^ Edwards, John (1998). Language in Canada. Cambridge University Press. pp. 26. ISBN 9780521563284. http://books.google.com/books?id=rgnJRCjuyKcC&pg=PA26&dq=#v=onepage&q=&f=false.