My personal perception was always that 'aboat' was a coastal thing, and that 'aboot' was more mid-Canadian, or even more specifically Northern Ontarian and Albertan. People in the Maritimes mostly say aboat (and bl spent significant time in New Brunswick, nu?); when I'm tired and the Colorado layers peel off, and the Montreal layers peel off, and the PEI sound comes back, I say aboat as well. Until I started hanging with people from the States, I really never knew they expected me to say 'aboot' ... because that was what the prairie and Thunder Bay kids would say.
Sorry to ramble, but I'm really interested by regional accents.
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Sorry to ramble, but I'm really interested by regional accents.