Canadians don’t say OOT or ABOOT 🇨🇦❌ But they don’t say OAT or ABOAT either. What you’re actually hearing is a subtle vowel shift called CANADIAN RAISING 👂 ABOUT → uh-ooT MOUTH → muh-ooth SOUTH → suh-ooth It happens BEFORE VOICELESS CONSONANTS, which is why SOUND, ROUND, NOW, and COW sound basically the same as American English 🇺🇸🇨🇦 And no — this isn’t “just a Canadian thing.” You’ll hear similar patterns in parts of the US, and in Irish & Scottish English too. Think of Canadian English a