The Canadians are taking over the Merrimack Valley?

[caitlin o]

Sorry! I meant "...Way *as in* weigh..."

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> Both like WAY weigh... and eh?
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> > Date: Wed=2C 16 Jul 2014 09:55:23 -0400
> > From: Berson at ATT.NET
> > Subject: Re: The Canadians are taking over the Merrimack Valley?
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> > Poster:       "Joel S. Berson" <Berson at ATT.NET>
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> > At 7/15/2014 11:51 PM=2C caitlin o wrote:
> > >Full-blown Canadian here.  "eigh" and "eh" are pronounced=20
> > >identically in my rural=2C western dialect.
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> > But -- both like WAY (weigh) or both like MEH?
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> > Thanks=2C
> > Joel
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> > P.S.  In case anyone was wondering=2C I believe "Billerica" is (most=20
> > often)  "bill-RICK-uh" and "Nashua" is "NASH-ooh-uh".
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> > > > Date: Tue=2C 15 Jul 2014 19:14:26 -0400
> > > > From: Berson at ATT.NET
> > > > 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=2C
> > > > describing the dangers in various locations in northeastern
> > > > Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire=2C was a voice-over that nam=
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> > > > particular towns.  Two were "Bill-rick-a" and "Nash-ooh-a"=2C
> > > > pronounced like A as in NEIGHBOR and WEIGH.
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> > > > (No especial emphasis on any of the three syllables.)
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> > > > Although I suppose genuine Canucks don't say "eigh" but rather "eh".
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> > > > Joel
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