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Subject:Insider's Guide to Canada From:Bruce Byfield <bbyfield -at- AXIONET -dot- COM> Date:Sat, 10 May 1997 19:56:08 -0400
Ben Hechter <ben_hechter -at- NORTEL-NSM -dot- COM> wrote:
>Language: English. To pass for a native, say "eh?" instead >of "what."
Actually, this is western Canadian usage (we also use "eh" at the end of
the sentence meaning that we expect a reply). If you want to pass as a
native Torontonian, use "eh" instead of "um," "like" and "you
know"--that is, whenever you can.
--
Bruce Byfield (bbyfield -at- axionet -dot- com / bbyfield -at- ca -dot- ibm -dot- com)
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