> About the New Zeland Austrailan thing, it gets worse, I've been known to confusse English accents and Austrailan accents. So, I do know that Canadains seem to take longer to say something, and often and turn statements into questions, eh?
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> Spider-BornintheUSA-Boy

Oh, Canadians do that too? That does explain the similarity. We are well known for the Rising Inflection (turning statements into questions), which among the (to be polite) lesser educated members of society becomes painfully prominent and irritating.