On 3 Apr 2008 at 21:43, Shearon, Tim wrote:

>  Canadians do not say "Eh" (unless they are 
> hard of hearing). Start with http://www.billcasselman.com/ Y'all come 
> back now. Stephen or others may have better suggestions. :)

Yes he does. And one of them is to assert, with pride, that Canadians do 
indeed say "eh".   Certainly I do, every day, and I'm not hard of 
hearing.  And bill casselman agrees, if you'd check your own reference. 
He says, "Eh? is a true marker of Canadian speech".

What we don't say is "aboot".

Stephen

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