As a hockey player, Andrew Bray was familiar with the slang thrown around the "barn" (hockey arena). As a linguist, he wanted to understand how sport-specific jargon evolved and permeated across teams ...

It is not pronounced "hackey" its "hockey" The building is often called a barn or the barn. About is pronounced aboot as in "Whut's dat all aboot buddy?" and we do say eh a lot.

Accents are part of who people are. They carry history, identity, and pride. From the deep drawls of the American South to the lilting tones of northern England, these unique ways of speaking connect ...

As a 50-ish year old Canadian, who lives on the west coast, I have never heard anyone say "aboot", "oot", or "eh" outside Bob and Doug McKenzie. And I've never heard anyone called a hoser, or a ...