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To sound like a hockey player, speak like a Canadian #ASA186 - EurekAlert

<p>Hockey players are famous for their distinctive jargon, but while researching this phenomenon, linguist and hockey player Andrew Bray realized another interesting pattern in hockey speech: American hockey players adopted aspects of Canadian English pronunciations. Their pseudo-Canadian accent might be a mechanism for the Americans to indicate their identity as hockey players in a sport heavily dominated by Canadians. In extensive interviews with American athletes, Bray identified the vowel articulations and terms often associates with Canadian English dialects. He will present his findings and potential explanation for the hockey accent at the 186th ASA Meeting.</p>

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