The Canadians are taking over the Merrimack Valley?

[caitlin o]

Both like WAY weigh... and eh?

> Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2014 09:55:23 -0400
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> Subject: Re: The Canadians are taking over the Merrimack Valley?
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> 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.
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> But -- both like WAY (weigh) or both like MEH?
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> Thanks,
> Joel
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> P.S.  In case anyone was wondering, I believe "Billerica" is (most 
> often)  "bill-RICK-uh" and "Nashua" is "NASH-ooh-uh".
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> > > Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2014 19:14:26 -0400
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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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