[Leica] Canadian Disguise

[sethrosner at direcway.com (Seth Rosner)]

If one eliminated "like" and "you know" from the conversation of most 
merkins, including a great many celebrities: politicians, entertainers and 
the overwhelming majority of athletes, they would be virtually speechless.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Unsworth" <mail@steveunsworth.co.uk>
To: "'Leica Users Group'" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2004 2:39 AM
Subject: RE: [Leica] Canadian Disguise


> The one that grates with me is 'like', it's like so irritating.
>
> Steve
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+mail=steveunsworth.co.uk@leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+mail=steveunsworth.co.uk@leica-users.org] On Behalf
> Of Ted Grant
> Sent: 12 December 2004 05:16
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> Subject: Re: [Leica] Canadian Disguise
>
>
> Jon said:
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Canadian Disguise
>
>
>> Ted,
>> Another dead giveaway for an American is "ya know?"  It's maddening
>> listening to all these American athletes & entertainers inserting "Ya
>> know" every 5 words...one of these days I will answer "No I don't
>> know, will you please explain" Canadians use "eh" which I don't find
>> nearly as bad.<<<
>
>
> Hi Jon,
>
> "Ya know" ;-) In their defence, just as much in our Canadian "eh."  :-)
> These words are learned without knowing we are saying it. It's a form of
>
> verbal re-action in speaking and I too at times get a grind on about
> hearing
> "Ya know" But not too much. :-)
>
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