wasabi wrote:You can always pick Canadians, most end each sentence with eh....

This is absolutely false. Id guess about 20 % say "eh", most do not. Common stereotype, but simply not true.

26 years on the American/Canadian border of Ontario is where I draw my comment from.

Sir_Quality_U_Feel wrote:

wasabi wrote:You can always pick Canadians, most end each sentence with eh....

This is absolutely false. Id guess about 20 % say "eh", most do not. Common stereotype, but simply not true.

26 years on the American/Canadian border of Ontario is where I draw my comment from.

Agreed, the whole "eh" thing is not as common as people think it is.

Sir_Quality_U_Feel wrote:

wasabi wrote:You can always pick Canadians, most end each sentence with eh....

This is absolutely false. Id guess about 20 % say "eh", most do not. Common stereotype, but simply not true.

26 years on the American/Canadian border of Ontario is where I draw my comment from.

MekongMouse wrote:

Sir_Quality_U_Feel wrote:

wasabi wrote:You can always pick Canadians, most end each sentence with eh....

This is absolutely false. Id guess about 20 % say "eh", most do not. Common stereotype, but simply not true.

26 years on the American/Canadian border of Ontario is where I draw my comment from.

Agreed, the whole "eh" thing is not as common as people think it is.

Jeez folks lighten up.........

Samouth - you can tell those from North America by their lack of a sense of humour.............

I mean Kiwis and Aussies taking the piss about sheep shagging, and then you 2 pop up with - that's absolutely not true blah blah blah -

If they say the word hella, Luke it's hella hot out here, then they are most likely from the west coast of the United states.

Hella weak, Richard.

phuketrichard wrote:never in my life heard the word heela and i lived in SF bay area for years

I lived in Illinois for a few years and heard it a lot, but I think that was because it appeared on South Park around that time. I also heard, "I'm Rick James, bitch!" over and over again. So it was basically just being goofy, not an actual natural way of speaking (at least in Illinois). I knew a guy from Colorado while living there and he said it was popular back home, which makes sense because that's where the guys from South Park are from.

Sir_Quality_U_Feel wrote:

I get lost with the English vs. Australian vs New Zealand accents.

You should try catching a bus from, say, London to Wales or Scotland - you'll hear at least a dozen different regional accents, some of which you really have to tune into if you want to grasp what they are saying.

In OZ there are a few variances between the states, such as the way people pronounce 'school' or 'graph'. Some say graph and others say graff - who everyone will recall was a tennis player. Ozzies tend to be more nasal than Brits and are often said to have a high rising intonation at the end of words.

Kiwis are easily picked by the way they say six = sux, fish = fush, biscuits = buscuits, and a bunch of other words I forget now.

Americans are quite difficult to spot as they tend to dress somewhat inconspicuously, like this photo of Cam Nivag, they also speak very quietly, rarely raising their voices, so you'll probably never hear one speaking. They are also incredibly patient and polite, never ever becoming rude or obnoxious no matter bad the service or how drunk they get.

MekongMouse wrote:

Sir_Quality_U_Feel wrote:

wasabi wrote:You can always pick Canadians, most end each sentence with eh....

This is absolutely false. Id guess about 20 % say "eh", most do not. Common stereotype, but simply not true.

26 years on the American/Canadian border of Ontario is where I draw my comment from.

Agreed, the whole "eh" thing is not as common as people think it is.

Canandians are tough to pick up except Quebecois. Their English sounds a lot different than a Frenchman's (not as much as their French though). They tend to use 'D' instead of 'TH'. If I don't get an "eh' from a natural English speaker, then I wait to hear OATside and OHfense. BTW: Why do Canadians prefer to do it doggy-style ? - So they can both watch the hockey match, eh.

wackyjacky wrote:

MekongMouse wrote:

Sir_Quality_U_Feel wrote:

wasabi wrote:You can always pick Canadians, most end each sentence with eh....

This is absolutely false. Id guess about 20 % say "eh", most do not. Common stereotype, but simply not true.

26 years on the American/Canadian border of Ontario is where I draw my comment from.

Agreed, the whole "eh" thing is not as common as people think it is.

Canandians are tough to pick up except Quebecois. Their English sounds a lot different than a Frenchman's (not as much as their French though). They tend to use 'D' instead of 'TH'. If I don't get an "eh' from a natural English speaker, then I wait to hear OATside and OHfense. BTW: Why do Canadians prefer to do it doggy-style ? - So they can both watch the hockey match, eh.

A lot of french people have told me the Quebecois speak like the French did 100 years ago. Any truth? I don't speak any french.