University of Rochester linguist Andrew Bray started out studying the evolution of the trademark sports jargon used in hockey for his master’s thesis. For instance, a hockey arena is a “barn,” while ...

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — Some South Carolina Stingrays players are starting to sound Canadian, whether they grew up there or not. That's according to Andrew Bray, a PhD student from the ...

Hockey players are famous for their distinctive jargon, but while researching this phenomenon, a linguist and hockey player realized another interesting pattern in hockey speech: American hockey ...

As a 50-ish year old Canadian, who lives on the west coast, I have never heard anyone say "aboot", "oot", or "eh" outside Bob and Doug McKenzie. And I've never heard anyone called a hoser, or a ...

Jordan Blair is a Canadian, but you'd never be able to tell if he didn't want you to! While waiting on a layover, a bored Blair decided to spend his time wisely, by impersonating as many accents as he ...