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Re: Free Speech, again
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Thu, 24 Apr 2003 19:49:47 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, James Brown writes:
> That's how language grows, neh?
> (That's how language grows, yes?)
> (That's how language grows, ne c'est pas?)
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> It's a 'tack onto the end of a statement to turn it into a rhetorical
> question' word. I'm sure there's some sort of linguistic term for that, but
> I don't know it.
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 and then returned. It's quite efficient <inflection> :-)
I would suppose that up in your neck of the woods, JB, the "don'tcha know" is
still employed...
JOHN
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| (...) 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 (...) (21 years ago, 24-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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