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Cubey Terra
Aircraft Builder
Join date: 6 Sep 2003
Posts: 1,725
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10-30-2003 08:40
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Bino Arbuckle
Registered User
Join date: 31 Dec 2002
Posts: 369
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10-30-2003 15:56
From: someone Originally posted by Pituca Chang
hmm, I use hmm when I am thinking. never used err.
But then I am from Southern California and not a Yank. Yankees are from the Northeast US. Thanks for checking into it Eddie. Could it be from errata?
Enquiring minds want to know.
I'm from Southern California, but currently living in the northeast, and I got asked if I was a Rebel one day. It was odd. I use er mostly for corrections, um for confusion, and hmm hrm wha huh for everything else. Who knows. Anyhow... |
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Nergal Fallingbridge
meep.
Join date: 26 Jun 2003
Posts: 677
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10-30-2003 16:06
Eh, I'm from Texas and I still use 'er' and 'uhm' for corrections, as well as 'hmm' for thinking. Canadians, OTOH, I'm informed that they usually end questions with an 'eh'.  (if I'm a little less coherent than usual it's because I just spent about 4 hours outside in 30-deg F weather, and I think I'm suffering an impending cold despite layers and a wool greatcoat >_< ) Speaking of regionalisms, does anyone subscribe to the theory of a polite "Okay" or "Yes" that actually means "No" due to the tone and delivery?
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Tiger Crossing
The Prim Maker
Join date: 18 Aug 2003
Posts: 1,560
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10-30-2003 16:13
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Matina Appleby
Snow Princess
Join date: 24 Mar 2003
Posts: 281
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10-30-2003 17:03
And I am Norwegian and I ummmm lets see.. use um for thinking, hmm when a bit confused and er simply means "am/are/is" |
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Pituca FairChang
Married to Garth
Join date: 17 May 2003
Posts: 2,679
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10-30-2003 18:45
From: someone Originally posted by Bino Arbuckle
I'm from Southern California, but currently living in the northeast, and I got asked if I was a Rebel one day. It was odd. Oh my, my Bino that is scary. You had better come back to the sane coast. |
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Teeny Leviathan
Never started World War 3
Join date: 20 May 2003
Posts: 2,716
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10-30-2003 18:49
From: someone Originally posted by Pituca Chang
Oh my, my Bino that is scary. You had better come back to the sane coast. Sane Coast? You guys got "Ahnuld". How sane is that? |
