Posted by thebiggerboat at cfw4-2.rdc1.nsw.excitehome.net.au on May 15, 2001 at 11:43:14:
In Reply to: Another Canuck stereotype that's actually true ... posted by Cathryn on May 15, 2001 at 10:58:23:
...cheers.
*didn't know it was so little used elsewhere...*
'...it's only an island if you look at it from the water...'
: Well, in the region I visited, anyway . . .
: In New Brunswick, they actually *do* say "eh." You know, as in, "That Kevin Smith's really something, eh?" I heard it, like, fifty times a day - and that was just from the family I was staying with.
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: And here I thought it was just some random stereotype. Of course, I also thought that "cheers" was a word that belonged strictly to 1950s England until it was spoken directly to me by a tourist who was from Australia or New Zealand or something. Accompanied by a thumbs-up and everything. I would have fallen over if I hadn't been at work and thus required to maintain a prefessional facade.
: -- Cathryn