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To: Squawk 8888

Have it your way, eh?


35 posted on 08/25/2014 4:12:49 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (This is known as "bad luck". - Robert A. Heinlein)
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets
I was listening to a radio station out of Canada about a year ago and the morning hosts were discussing how millenials in Canada have effectively replaced "...eh?" with "...right?" (spoken in a similar ascending interrogative type pitch as "eh?"). Apparently they don't like to sound like an old fuddy-duddy backwoods yokel or a gay lumberjack or whatever... yet they still desire validation or consensus the way Canadians seem to with the stereotypical "eh?".

Listen to any Canadian talk, and it will stand right out... it's like the equivalent of the kids in America now all saying "Not a problem" instead of "You are welcome".

Speaking of Canada speak... I always get a kick out of how they make long vowels short and vice versa compared to us... like the word produce (as in fruits and vegetables). Down here it would be PROH-doos, but up there it is PRAH-duhs.

39 posted on 08/25/2014 7:38:38 AM PDT by Rodamala
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