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It's called "uptalk" - it started with teenage girls a generation ago, somehow became accepted in some corners of urban Canada. But Canada is a pretty big place, with quite a few different regional cultures, just like the USA. So uptalk is not universal. OK? ;-)
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Same here, but they do indeed end every sentence with a lilting upturn in their voice...the way normal people end a question. They are comical people though. Really? I guess maybe to Americans we are, but I guided for a bunch of Americans a couple years in deer camp, and I about died laughing most evenings. Some of the funniest guys I've met, was some good times.
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It's called "uptalk" - it started with teenage girls a generation ago, somehow became accepted in some corners of urban Canada. But Canada is a pretty big place, with quite a few different regional cultures, just like the USA. So uptalk is not universal. OK? ;-) yeah its not universal that's for sure but its something I hear too. IME these uptalkers are generally 30 somethings and younger and agreed, from a city.
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Never listened to anything a foreigner had to say anyway.
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Trump being classless,tasteless and clueless as usual. Sorry, trump is a no tax payin pile of shiit. My young wife decided to play the field and had moved several dudes into my house
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Never listened to anything a foreigner had to say anyway.
Dave I think that's what the Indians said in 1492.. That didn't work out so good for them...
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Lived in Canada all my life, 53 years, and never, ever, heard the term. Looked it up, apparently it was a term introduced in 1993. Me personally, I will stick with speaking Canadian Eh, no matter who or what wants to label it otherwise. According to http://grammar.about.com/od/tz/g/uptalkterm.htmUptalkDefinition: A speech pattern in which phrases and sentences habitually end with a rising sound, as if the statement were a question. Also known as upspeak or high-rising terminal (HRT). The term uptalk was introduced by journalist James Gorman in an "On Language" column in The New York Times, Aug. 15, 1993. But as mentioned below, the speech pattern itself was first recognized in the U.S. at least two decades earlier.
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Never heard the term either Miss Lynn....but Ive heard Canadians utilize the practice long before 1993...
I love Canadians.
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That didn't work out so good for them...
All the ones I meet seem pretty happy. Clark
Trump being classless,tasteless and clueless as usual. Sorry, trump is a no tax payin pile of shiit. My young wife decided to play the field and had moved several dudes into my house
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It's called "uptalk" - it started with teenage girls a generation ago, somehow became accepted in some corners of urban Canada. But Canada is a pretty big place, with quite a few different regional cultures, just like the USA. So uptalk is not universal. OK? ;-) I was going to ask the OP if he has ever watched TV or heard a woman under the age of 55 speak out loud? It seems they all do it, no matter where you live in the U.S. Drives me crazy...makes me glad I am married to a German lady!
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That didn't work out so good for them...
All the ones I meet seem pretty happy. Clark L O L, that's called drunk...
Old Fishermen never die, we just get reel tired.
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Eh?
I always wondered if their Acadian heritage was what caused Cajuns to end a sentence very often with "Huh?"
Just in case, I love Louisiana,and Cajuns!
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Never heard the term either Miss Lynn....but Ive heard Canadians utilize the practice long before 1993...
I love Canadians. And I love Poobahs
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Truly enjoyed my time living up there. Not sure about the east but the boys in the west sure liked their ketchup and cheese whiz. One of my favorites. ![[Linked Image]](http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/aa437/boxhead61/BCHunt038.jpg)
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Speaking of which, it's my "Friday" so I believe I'll partake in that most Canadian of activities and remove the top on a brown bottle.....
All the best to you and yours this weekend sir.
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I'm sorry. I apologize on behalf of my Fellow Canucks. Eh? A fellow PoCo boy! Who woulda thunk it, cheers! As far as the weird talking that was mentioned, I attribute it to the libtards you usually see on our news and stuff but I can guarantee that most of us regular types definitely don't talk that way 'eh. So for them I do NOT apologize.
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I'm surprised that the way Canucks say "about" has not come up yet... ![[Linked Image]](http://static.neatorama.com/images/2008-06/canadian-csi.jpg) John
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