Canadian dainty Historically, Canadian English included a class-based sociolect known as Canadian dainty."Some Canadians used to speak with a quasi-British accent called Canadian Dainty" . CBC News, 1 July 2017. Treated as a marker of upper-class prestige in the 19th and early 20th centuries, Canadian dainty was marked by the use of some features of British English pronunciation, resulting in an accent similar, but not identical, to the Mid-Atlantic accent known in the United States. This accent faded in prominence following World War II, when it became stigmatized as pretentious, and is now rare. The governor general Vincent Massey, the writer and broadcaster Peter Stursberg, the actor Lorne Greene, and the actor Christopher Plummer are examples of men who were raised in Canada but spoke with a British-influenced accent.
Canadian dainty Historically, Canadian English included a class-based sociolect known as Canadian dainty"Some Canadians used to speak with a quasi-British accent called Canadian Dainty" . CBC News, 1 July 2017. Treated as a marker of upper-class prestige in the 19th and early 20th centuries, Canadian dainty was marked by the use of some features of British English pronunciation, result.ing in an accent similar, but not identical, to the Mid-Atlantic accent known in the United States. This accent faded in prominence following World War II, when it became stigmatized as pretentious, and is now rare. The governor general Vincent Massey, the writer and broadcaster Peter Stursberg, the actor Lorne Greene, and the actor Christopher Plummer are examples of men who were raised in Canada but spoke with a British-influenced accent.