The Canadians are taking over the Merrimack Valley?

[Joel S. Berson]

At 7/15/2014 11:51 PM, caitlin o wrote:
>Full-blown Canadian here.  "eigh" and "eh" are pronounced 
>identically in my rural, western dialect.

But -- both like WAY (weigh) or both like MEH?

Thanks,
Joel

P.S.  In case anyone was wondering, I believe "Billerica" is (most 
often)  "bill-RICK-uh" and "Nashua" is "NASH-ooh-uh".


> > Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2014 19:14:26 -0400
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> > Subject: The Canadians are taking over the Merrimack Valley?
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> > My viewing of the TV news this evening was interrupted by a weather
> > alert for flash floods.  Supplementing the scrolling warning,
> > describing the dangers in various locations in northeastern
> > Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire, was a voice-over that named
> > particular towns.  Two were "Bill-rick-a" and "Nash-ooh-a",
> > pronounced like A as in NEIGHBOR and WEIGH.
> >
> > (No especial emphasis on any of the three syllables.)
> >
> > Although I suppose genuine Canucks don't say "eigh" but rather "eh".
> >
> > Joel
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