Canadian Raising is an interesting feature of North American English that affects the way certain diphthongs are raised before certain voiceless stops. Contrary to common American views that see Canadians sounding weird when speaking English, Canadian Raising is a different vowel change than the common Canadian vowel change that allows most Americans to hear the dialect difference between the majority of the American English and dialects of Canadian English. How Canadian Raise has happened today and where it came from, it gives rise to a very interesting process in which the vowel characteristics of the Great Vowel Shift arise and how this change in vowel pronunciation has exerted its influence in Canada and around the world. United States Today. There will be an exploration of the details of what Canadian livestock is and how it is produced under what circumstances. A link with a historical aspect of English will be made in the origin of trends towards vowel elevation. This historical aspect will examine the vowels used in Britain and how the separation of populations would have the effects of the Great Vowel Shift among the speakers who eventually came to Eastern Canada. The spread of vowel characteristics observed in Canadian Raising will be explained by the spread of Canadian English, as Canadian English influences parts of the upper Midwest of the United States. As we relate the historical context of this vowel change, a connection to the present will be made by explaining how Canadian Raising has affected the Canadian dialect in English and how this change is spreading to parts of the United States. Canadian Raising is the process of a change or elevation of certain diphthongs before countervoices... middle of paper ...... interesting links to older forms of Middle English and linking aspects of the Canadian English and some dialects of American English to some small sounds changes in isolated regions of England, to the extent that a small linguistic change can connect the Fens of England to the Canadians of today. Although Canadian Raising is unique and an important aspect of Canadian English, Canadian Raising affects different dialects in the United States. From many different regions from New England to the upper Midwest, Canadian Raising affects the diphthongs of spoken language in different ways, depending on the region and the person speaking. It is unclear how Canadian Raising will be used or modified in the future, but depending on how many people continue to move the diphthong in their speech, we will then be able to understand the true origins of this interesting phenomenon..