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From: James Jolley on 28 Jan 2010 18:46 On 2010-01-28 23:40:57 +0000, Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> said: > On 28/01/2010 23:27, Peter Ceresole wrote: >> Tim Streater<timstreater(a)waitrose.com> wrote: >> >>>>> Nah. It's Calgary, not Quebec. >>>> >>>> Albertans also say "eh" a lot, normally to finish their sentences. >>> >>> Is that just Albertans? I thought they all did that. >> >> I worked for some days in Ottawa, my film crew came from T'ronner. >> Nobody said 'eh', at any point in their sentences. Neither did the >> military we were filming. > > I worked with a guy from alberta in kenya on an airport. He said 'eh' > at the end of every single sentence. It seemed to confuse quite a few > of the kenyans. Bet it did. And there was me thinking it was a myth.
From: zoara on 28 Jan 2010 20:03 Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > <http://www.stephenfry.com/2010/01/28/ipad-about/> The voicemail transcription was brilliant. As far as the iPad goes, I reckon he's nailed it. Eloquently. -z- -- "And the tiny universe compiles." http://powazek.com/posts/1655
From: Pd on 29 Jan 2010 03:59 Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > On 28/01/2010 23:27, Peter Ceresole wrote: > > Tim Streater<timstreater(a)waitrose.com> wrote: > > > >>>> Nah. It's Calgary, not Quebec. > >>> > >>> Albertans also say "eh" a lot, normally to finish their sentences. > >> > >> Is that just Albertans? I thought they all did that. > > > > I worked for some days in Ottawa, my film crew came from T'ronner. > > Nobody said 'eh', at any point in their sentences. Neither did the > > military we were filming. > > I worked with a guy from alberta in kenya on an airport. He said 'eh' at > the end of every single sentence. Aucklanders do it to, ay. Perhaps it performs the same function as "innit" does here. -- Pd
From: Pd on 29 Jan 2010 04:00 Pd <peterd.news(a)gmail.invalid> wrote: > Aucklanders do it to, ay. or the alternative version, Aucklanders do it too, ay. -- Pd
From: Chris Ridd on 29 Jan 2010 05:25
On 2010-01-29 09:00:39 +0000, Pd said: > Pd <peterd.news(a)gmail.invalid> wrote: > >> Aucklanders do it to, ay. > > or the alternative version, Aucklanders do it too, ay. Do any other regional accents pronounce full stops? -- Chris |