Hm...I don't think I've ever heard your "HEY" example. But my grandfather was a big user of the "why" for emphasis.
"If'in you don't come over here and give me a big kiss, why - I'll just have to give ya a big ol' whisker rub." He also had some wacky phrase of exclamation - something like "Cat fur and Kitten noodles" (but that isn't it exactly...definitely had the cat fur part.... Damn, I wish I could remember more of this stuff. I'll have to ask my mom. On 6/15/05, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ben wrote: > > Bork bork! > > > > So here's some more subtle points I've noticed. You all have the > Fargo lingo down and, as Kevin pointed out, there's some corners of MN > that really talk like that, but there's a few more subtle uses. > > Everybody knows about the Canadian "eh" as in, "I don't think that's > going to work, eh?" > > Well Minnesota (and Wisconsin) have the "hey" that's used for > emphasis. For example, "That's not going to work, HEY". Rather than > trail off, the "hey" is emphasized. "That's cool, HEY." > > Then there's the use of "why" to indicate a decision is best or has > been made. For example, "I'll show up early. Why, that'll give me > time to get ready." or "If they show up early, why, we can just > begin." > > I guess the East coast has "wicked" and the West coast has extraneous > likes, "dude", and "hella". > > EAST COAST: "That's wicked cool, man!" > WEST COAST: "Dude, that's all, like, hella cool!" > INET: "OMG, hi2u!" or "OMG, 0wn3d!" > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:161113 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
