SLSL "TSR" You've - got - to - accentuate the positive...

[Scott Badger]

John B:
> To go with the
> Canadian similarity (because I'm very familiar with that accent at least),
> 'oat' is only right to a non-Canadian, right? I'm mostly thinking about
this
> because I'm keenly aware in TRP's writing that my accent is very different
> to the 'zero point' which he is using. A Canadian reading 'oat' wouldn't
> pronounce it the way I'd pronounce 'oat'.

Wouldn't the Canadian "out" sound more like "owt"? "oot" sounds Scottish to
me, which I think you allude to.

Scott