Re: EH? (was English (was Bad Spelling)


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Posted by Peter H on August 11, 2008 at 21:31:31 user Peter_H.

In Reply to: Re: English (was Bad Spelling) posted by Adam Quinan on August 11, 2008 at 21:00:04:

ending statements with an upward inflection and "eh?'

Odd, because I have always associated this with South African speech, rather than Canadian. There was a time when they all did it. About 15 years ago I was on a London commuter train and a burly but genial man got on and asked in a strong Afrikaans accent: "Is theese de train for Euston-EH??


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