I, being a
Canadian, don't subscribe to the
American stereotype of Canadians... It's all just
anti-Canadian propaganda...
From
where I live (near
Vancouver) no one says "
aboot", we say "ab-owt"... and we don't say
eh any more than we say
y'know (I s'pose they mean the same thing)... and adding y's to things is decidedly an American trait... like
y'all...
Canadians don't say
eh or
aboot nearly as much as someone from
Minnesota... in fact, the only Canadians with the
stereotypical canadian accent are
Newfies... and... well...
Newfies are excused from most activities which require thought...
yerricde informs me that this phenomenon has a technical name:
canadian raising
Besides, Americans pronounce "roof" like "ruff"... ;)