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Article #1701Re: * Refrendum
From: Jacques E. Bouchard
Date: Wed, 09 Dec 1998 00:00
Date: Wed, 09 Dec 1998 00:00
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Rev CEO CJ Venture wrote:
> willim wrote:
>
> > Why do you say that? He said nothing that was racist. In fact he said he
> > helped some to learn to speak english.
>
> And have them say "he" at the end of each sentence? NO WAY! I'd rather
> have them learn english in the US (I personnaly learned it from my
> cousins in Brooklin y'all). Canadian english souds too polite and what's
> with the aboUt (you know what's this all aboUUUUt?). I think the best
> canadian english comes from BC. I've got lots of friends there and non
> of them ever said he.
I've never heard anyone say "eh" either in Montreal, or "aboot"..
As for learning english in the states, we all know about the level of
scholarity down there.
jaybee
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