Brien Hamrick wrote:
> Harkening back to the original query. In print most titles/headers have the
> first letter of each word capitalized. In a memo, someone might consider
> that a title or might just be acting self important.
Sure, but as Peter Beckman pointed out, these schemes in print appe
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Canadian "eh?" is an interesting affectation. It's sort of like tacking
on '
Peter Beckman wrote:
> What have we done to our languages? Our ancestors are rolling in their
> graves, unable to prevent us from such linguistic destruction.
Actually, I suspect that language is becoming more
standardised/standardized[1] over time due to global business and global
media, a
Wildly off-topic for Asterisk-biz:
In the north-west of Ireland where I grew up, especially the city of
Londonderry/Derry, there's a similar habit to add "hi" to the end of
sentences. A common greeting is "How's about ye, hi?", pronounced
"hsboucheeyhiy", which is of course completely incompreh
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
e last
>> night"). It's still English, and it's not wrong either.
>>
>> :)
>>
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t;oo" (e.g.: "how aboot that hockey game last
night"). It's still English, and it's not wrong either.
:)
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On Thu, 8 Oct 2009, Michelle Dupuis wrote:
> In Canada proper grammar requires adding "Eh" to the end of all questions,
> and replacing "ou" with "oo" (e.g.: "how aboot that hockey game last
> night"). It's still English, and it's not wrong either.
While"How aboot that hockey game last nig
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On Thu, 2009-10-08 at 03:55 -0400,
