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Re: English vs. English
Posted By: Wolfspirit, on host 206.47.244.93
Date: Thursday, September 28, 2000, at 21:03:50
In Reply To: Re: English vs. English posted by Speedball on Thursday, September 28, 2000, at 20:09:31:

> > there are sufficient vocabulary and grammatical differences such that we used to refer to the two as "British English" (BE) and the other as "North American" (NA) as spoken by Canadians/Americans.
>
> So, Canadian English is the same as American English, eh?
>
> Speed'couldn'tresist,eh?'ball

They're close enough as to make no matter nonetheless. And the 'eh' interrogative as a form as emphasis isn't unique -- heck, even New Zealanders use it colloquially, or so Brunnen-G says, heh.

Wolf "but I still don't know what 'berko' or 'aggro' means, and that's kinda berry aggravating" spirit

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