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    Re: Free Speech, again —James Brown
   (...) Probably. Appending "ne" or "neh" as I've always seen it spelled is from the Japanese. I know I picked it up from James Clavell in years gone by, but Anime/Manga has certainly re-inforced it. That's how language grows, neh? (That's how (...) (22 years ago, 24-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
   
        Re: Free Speech, again —David Koudys
     (...) <snip> (...) Well, us Canadians have been doing that for years, eh [1] Dave K 1- pronounced 'ay'--hearkens back into Canadian obscurity, but most pronounced during the McKenzie Era, in which two Canadian Heros--Bob and Doug popularized the (...) (22 years ago, 24-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
   
        Re: Free Speech, again —John Neal
   (...) Here in Minnesnoowda, we use an inflection of the voice at the end of a statement such as "That's how language grows" which in essence implies "Are you with me?" I never noticed how predominant it was until I moved away to Arizona for 7 years (...) (22 years ago, 24-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
   
        Re: Free Speech, again —James Brown
   (...) Heh. Nope. But I didn't realize until I left Canada and came back how much we really do say "eh" up here, eh? James (22 years ago, 24-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
   
        Re: Free Speech, again —John Neal
   (...) Come to think of it, it may be more of a Norwegian thing... (...) You betcha. JOHN (22 years ago, 24-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 

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