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kager
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by kager » Fri Oct 09, 2020 5:23 am
See, eh? En, eh? Dee, eh?
“Eh” has proven to be a very difficult thing to study; as an oral tic, it’s rarely written down, and studies have relied on self-reporting—basically, asking people whether and how they use the word. “It’s a very hard thing to do research on, really hard to quantify how much it’s used, who uses it, how it’s used,” she says. Those self-reported studies are necessarily flawed, as Canadians have a tendency to underestimate their use of the word. Gold told me about several instances in which people insist they hardly ever say “eh,” before using the word without realizing it in subsequent thoughts. (“I hardly ever say ‘eh,’ eh?”)
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Bryce
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by Bryce » Fri Oct 09, 2020 7:57 am
New York and Chicago were all in with respect to their sanctuary status — until they were hit with the challenge of actually providing sanctuary. In other words, typical liberal hypocrisy.
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by Bryce » Fri Oct 09, 2020 8:00 am
New York and Chicago were all in with respect to their sanctuary status — until they were hit with the challenge of actually providing sanctuary. In other words, typical liberal hypocrisy.
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Turkeytop
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by Turkeytop » Fri Oct 09, 2020 1:47 pm
Why do Canadians say eh? I wish I knew.
Why do limies say "jolly good?"
Why do southerners say Y'all?
They're all just annoying parochialisms.
All Canadians don't say eh. I don't.
I think it's mostly a middle class affectation. My wife however says it often enough to sometimes make me cringe, if we're out in public. Maybe she has middle class aspirations.
I don't mean to brag, but I just put a puzzle together in 1 day and the box said 2-4 years.
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Rate This
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by Rate This » Fri Oct 09, 2020 2:23 pm
Turkeytop wrote: ↑Fri Oct 09, 2020 1:47 pm
Why do Canadians say eh? I wish I knew.
Why do limies say "jolly good?"
Why do southerners say Y'all?
They're all just annoying parochialisms.
All Canadians don't say eh. I don't.
I think it's mostly a middle class affectation. My wife however says it often enough to sometimes make me cringe, if we're out in public. Maybe she has middle class aspirations.
You might start posting that way..: it could be folksy...
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Turkeytop
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by Turkeytop » Fri Oct 09, 2020 5:07 pm
So, are there any speech mannerisms that are peculiar to Michigan or the mid west?
I don't mean to brag, but I just put a puzzle together in 1 day and the box said 2-4 years.
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Bryce
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by Bryce » Fri Oct 09, 2020 5:32 pm
Michigan says "pop" when most the rest of the world call it soda.
New York and Chicago were all in with respect to their sanctuary status — until they were hit with the challenge of actually providing sanctuary. In other words, typical liberal hypocrisy.
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by Turkeytop » Fri Oct 09, 2020 5:38 pm
Bryce wrote: ↑Fri Oct 09, 2020 5:32 pm
Michigan says "pop" when most the rest of the world call it soda.
We too call it pop.
In Pittsburgh, if you say soda, you mean cola.
I don't mean to brag, but I just put a puzzle together in 1 day and the box said 2-4 years.
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by MotorCityRadioFreak » Fri Oct 09, 2020 5:53 pm
Why do Midwesterners say "ope"? The world may never know.
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Remember that “2000 Mules” was concocted by a circus of elephants.
The right needs to stop worry about what’s between people’s legs. Instead, they should focus on what’s between their ears.
Audacity sucks.
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by Turkeytop » Fri Oct 09, 2020 6:08 pm
MotorCityRadioFreak wrote: ↑Fri Oct 09, 2020 5:53 pm
Why do Midwesterners say "ope"? The world may never know.
What does ope mean?
I don't mean to brag, but I just put a puzzle together in 1 day and the box said 2-4 years.
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by MotorCityRadioFreak » Fri Oct 09, 2020 6:22 pm
It's said kind of like a surprise "excuse me". " Ope, I didn't see you there."
They/them, non-binary and proud.
Remember that “2000 Mules” was concocted by a circus of elephants.
The right needs to stop worry about what’s between people’s legs. Instead, they should focus on what’s between their ears.
Audacity sucks.
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Turkeytop
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by Turkeytop » Fri Oct 09, 2020 6:29 pm
Every Canadian home has a piece of furniture called a Chesterfield. Anyone guess what it is?
I don't mean to brag, but I just put a puzzle together in 1 day and the box said 2-4 years.
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by MotorCityRadioFreak » Fri Oct 09, 2020 7:41 pm
I have heard that in that one Barenaked Ladies song "If I had a million dollars". I am guessing a couch? And do Canadians really love Kraft dinner?
They/them, non-binary and proud.
Remember that “2000 Mules” was concocted by a circus of elephants.
The right needs to stop worry about what’s between people’s legs. Instead, they should focus on what’s between their ears.
Audacity sucks.
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by Turkeytop » Fri Oct 09, 2020 7:50 pm
Yes, a chesterfield is what you would call a couch or sofa. When my wife starts talking about a chesterfield with our friends in Florida, they look at her like she's from another planet.
Kraft Dinner?
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by Bryce » Fri Oct 09, 2020 10:08 pm
Us old timers also remember a Chesterfield as a cigarette.
Which means a Chesterfield was also called a fag on the other side of the big pond.
New York and Chicago were all in with respect to their sanctuary status — until they were hit with the challenge of actually providing sanctuary. In other words, typical liberal hypocrisy.