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“You say ee-ther, I say eye-ther, you say nee-ther, I say nye-ther; ee-ther, eye-ther, nee-ther, nye-ther, let’s call the whole thing off.” Few of us are aware that the language we speak – the words we use and the way we say them, has less to do with conscious choice than it has to do with our past: when and why we came here, where we settled and the tug of war between British and American influences, which has been part of our live for centuries. But Talking Canadian is not so much a history lesson as an often-amusing look at the accent, intonation and vocabulary. The programme takes a light-hearted look at how Canadians differ from the British and the Americans, and how something uniquely Canadian has emerged from that historical mix.