How we spent our Canadian vacation (was "soda" in Mpls)

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Mon Aug 12 18:09:02 UTC 2002


Eh?  Reports of its death... you know the rest.  After many
years away from Southern Ontario I've come back to
Hamilton and have heard it all over the place--I think class
and age are more decisive factors in its rate of use than
geography.  Think hardware store or mechanic.  Having
said that, just a few weekends ago I attended a sort last-
gasp-as-a-bachelor barbecue and was treated to a whole
afternoon of ehs, from the banker sons of Korean immigrants
to retirement-aged Scottish and German immigrants.

Younger, urban kids do seem to be using it less, though.
Perhaps it is seen as old-fashioned?

Don

> Too bad it's been wiped out in such a large area (east of Sault Ste.
> Marie), but at least it's a relief that it survives somewhere.  Maybe
it'll
> stage a comeback?
>
> Peter Mc.
>
> --On Monday, August 12, 2002 1:04 AM -0500 Tom Kysilko <pds at VISI.COM>
wrote:
>
> >  However, we did not hear the
> > Canadian "eh" until Sault Ste Marie.  That included ferry passengers,
> > motel clerks, gas station attendants, waitresses, fellow diners, and
> > librarians. But West of there it was ubiquitous.
>
>
>
>
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>                                Peter A. McGraw
>                    Linfield College   *   McMinnville, OR
>                             pmcgraw at linfield.edu



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