Chris and Stephen- Now I feel really dumb. I thought "aboot" was a mis-attribution to New England. I hadn't even picked up that folks thought it WAS Canadian? (Canadian, isn't that kind of like "Southern Accent" which takes us back to "Which one"?) Tim _______________________________ Timothy O. Shearon, PhD Professor and Chair Department of Psychology The College of Idaho Caldwell, ID 83605 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
teaching: intro to neuropsychology; psychopharmacology; general; history and systems "You can't teach an old dogma new tricks." Dorothy Parker -----Original Message----- From: Christopher D. Green [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thu 4/3/2008 10:27 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] The Southern accent [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 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". > > Even Americans who moved to Canada long ago say "eh." Beats the heck out of "huh." > What we don't say is "aboot". > Now that would be silly. Chris -- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada 416-736-2100 ex. 66164 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ "Part of respecting another person is taking the time to criticise his or her views." - Melissa Lane, in a /Guardian/ obituary for philosopher Peter Lipton ================================= --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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