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[Sly Red]

Lewis Grizzard was so funny.  Erma Bombeck is another good one.

Here's another hysterical book about southerners and their affectations.

A Southern Belle Primer by Marilyn Schwartz

[FR8TRAIN]

 
Man dis thread has been HIJACKED by a bunch of country hicks. Although I grew up in Michigan, my parents, though not cousins, are from Kentucky. I heard some great ones growing up.

How 'bout youin's? Like, "How youin's been?"

 

[TheTrucker]

I'm a born and bred Southerner myself. We do have our own version of English LOL

As for the original post, I feel that a person should use the spelling that is proper for their area. In college I drove one of my English professors crazy by insisting upon using the British spellings for words such as colour. I only did it because he was an English snob and British spellings were one of his pet peeves and once I learned this I couldn't resist.

[Jer]

One that really gets me from the southern truckers I deal with is the "Doo ut neh?" when they don't understand.  I know they are just asking "Do what now?" and really only wanting clarification or for me to repeat what I asked.

[Tyler]

Hey Jer, in Canada, is "eh" a proper word?

While we Americans have some pretty funny sayings, the Brits can't be topped.  I mean, how do you end up calling the telephone a "dog?"

OH AND THIS IS MY FAVORITE! 

"I bent over for a fag" means an entirely different thing in the US as it does in Brittan.

[Jer]

 

"I bent over for a fag"

      Sorry, you made that too easy!

Well, I do believe that "eh" is actually found in dictionaries here in Canada.  And hey, it's really an all encompassing word eh!

I find though that many languages have become quite bastardized.  French in Quebec is, I think, the worst for it especially because of how anti-English they are.   The easiest to think of is weekend.  I grew up learning that you were to say "Fin de semaine" and that was the only term in the dictionary.  Now though, you look in a Canadian French English Dictionary, and what do you find as the translation of 'weekend', well, you find 'le weekend'

[Jer]

How to properly use 'eh'
Types of 'eh' and examples!

1. Statement of opinion -- Nice day, eh?

2. Statements of fact -- It goes over here, eh?

3. Commands -- Open the window, eh? -- Think about it, eh?

4. Exclamations -- What a game, eh?

5. Questions -- What are they trying to do, eh?

6. To mean ‘pardon’ -- Eh? What did you say?

7. In fixed expressions -- Thanks, eh? -- I know, eh?

8. Insults -- You’re a real snob, eh?

9. Accusations -- You took the last piece, eh?

10. Telling a story -- This guy is up on the 27th floor, eh? then he gets out on the ledge, eh . . .

[Robmeister]

How to properly use 'eh'
Types of 'eh' and examples!

1. Statement of opinion -- Nice day, eh?

2. Statements of fact -- It goes over here, eh?

3. Commands -- Open the window, eh? -- Think about it, eh?

4. Exclamations -- What a game, eh?

5. Questions -- What are they trying to do, eh?

6. To mean ‘pardon’ -- Eh? What did you say?

7. In fixed expressions -- Thanks, eh? -- I know, eh?

8. Insults -- You’re a real snob, eh?

9. Accusations -- You took the last piece, eh?

10. Telling a story -- This guy is up on the 27th floor, eh? then he gets out on the ledge, eh . . .

So you can basically get pretty close to the "proper usage" by attaching "eh?" to any sentence or statement 

[JohnMont]

I find though that many languages have become quite bastardized.  French in Quebec is, I think, the worst for it especially because of how anti-English they are.   The easiest to think of is weekend.  I grew up learning that you were to say "Fin de semaine" and that was the only term in the dictionary.  Now though, you look in a Canadian French English Dictionary, and what do you find as the translation of 'weekend', well, you find 'le weekend'
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Jer, You don't acuallly think these guys are interested in French, eh? !

[hammerdrill376]

Ya'll didn't bring ur headblade wid-ja-did-ja??

[tomgallagher]

I have been told by some of my friends from France that the language they speak in Quebec is really not Fremch. Whatever that means.

[Jer]

Eh?  Hasn't this whole post become about languages and expressions though?  That was just the first example eh, that popped into my mind eh, about how bastardized languages have become.  So yeah eh, I agree many may not be interested in the French, but it was simply an example eh.  I'm am rather impressed with your use of 'eh' eh!

Robmeister, don't you just love it eh?  It really is probably one of the most versatile words out there eh?

[JohnMont]

after living in canada 1 1/2 yrs, I hear 'eh' a lot, but not half as much as i thought I would, eh?

[Timmay]

Well I have heard that the to biggest squabbles about language is between the Finnish and the Swede's.  The Fins cant stand to listen to the Swedes talk...they say they sound like garage eh.

[Sly Red]

Well, I do believe that "eh" is actually found in dictionaries here in Canada.  And hey, it's really an all encompassing word eh!

It's even in The American Heritage Dictionary, eh.

Red