"Coming with?", Canadian/American accents

[athene_51]

Hi all!

Not sure if I've ever posted here before, but wanted to weigh in with 
a Canadian perspective...

Aberforth's Goat wrote:
> BTW, I once had a Canadian friend who would always "come with."
> Whether this was normal, I don't know; in many other respects, he
> wasn't, so there's no telling.

Is this really seen as a Canadian phrase? I've lived in Canada all my 
life, and I have never heard a Canadian say this. The only time I ran 
across it was a British man I used to work with. He was forever 
saying "I'm going to [do whatever], want to come with?" etc.

Tabouli wrote:
> Though I confess that I have on occasion committed the
> nefarious crime of mistaking a Canadian accent for a US accent.
> Canadian mouths have thinned.

Ah, yes. I'd guess it was due to our sensitivity at occasionally 
being regarded as the 51st state, when we are in fact an independent 
country. We're usually quite determined to distinguish ourselves from 
the US.

- Athene

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