The article below is satire. Andy Borowitz is an American comedian and New York Times-bestselling author who satirizes the news for his column, "The Borowitz Report."

In unprecedented numbers, Americans planning travel to Europe are enrolling in a crash course to learn Canadian accents, a Canadian accent instructor revealed on Tuesday.

Harland Dorrinson, who operates Canadafication Coaching Services on the US-Canada border, said he has been turning away thousands of people who are desperate to sound Canadian in Europe.

“I’m only accepting clients who are willing to put in the work,” he said. “If you think you can speak Canadian just by ending every sentence with ‘eh,’ you’re wasting my time and yours.”

Dorrinson also trains his clients to appear “culturally Canadian,” which, he warns, “involves more than pretending to enjoy hockey.”

“I force my clients to watch hours and hours of curling,” he said. “No pain, no gain, eh?”