On Thu, 8 Oct 2009, SIP wrote: > Canadian "eh?" is an interesting affectation. It's sort of like tacking > on 'you know' to the end of sentences. It can at the same time be both > seeking confirmation and simply giving affirmation in a slightly less > 'strong' tone. Much like the Japanese 'ne' is used by a lot of people. > It softens the speech somewhat to not appear as declarative.
Like, I, um, you know, totally, like, agree. ;-) What have we done to our languages? Our ancestors are rolling in their graves, unable to prevent us from such linguistic destruction. Beckman --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter Beckman Internet Guy [email protected] http://www.angryox.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- AstriCon 2009 - October 13 - 15 Phoenix, Arizona Register Now: http://www.astricon.net asterisk-biz mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz
