Comments on: Aboot time: GOOG-411 comes to Canada

Get GOOG-411 in Canada if you live there. Aboot time.

[kitman2]

Hello all
This looks loke a great site to try and hopefully enjoy for years top come

[RickNekus]

i guess for Quebec it'll be "GOOF-411"
:)

[FinibusBonorum]

some Canadianisms [sic] such as "eh," "Traw-na," "Cal-gry," and, of course, "aboot."...

As a typical english-speaking Canadian from Ontario, I too certainly use "eh," "Traw-na," "Cal-gry,", etc but I, nor my acquaintances, definitely do NOT use "aboot". We use "about" with an "ow" sound [rhymes with "now", "how"], NOT with an "oo" sound [as in "glue, "goo", "boo"]. Now, there may be a few individuals with a strong Irish &/or Scottish accent in the Maritime provinces who use "aboot" but in the rest of English Canada [Ontario to BC], Canadian Heartland English is most prevalent.

[Ian74MTL]

"Canadianism" is included in the 2004 edition of the _Concise Oxford English Dictionary_. Therefore, the "[sic]" mention she be removed from this article. The word is correct as it stood it quoted material.

[hera08624]

Nice news!!! woohoo,I will rate it 4 stars at least

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what amazing!!!

[claudearsenault]

That's great! With the issue of voice recognition and the Canadian accent, there's a new way to sove that. ASK411is new to Canada wherein you can text your request to 275411 with the city and province. Best of all, they're on trial until the end of January this year. You don't need to talk at all! Try it!