[asterisk-biz] Capitalisation in English writing from Indiansubcontinent

[Peter Beckman]

On Thu, 8 Oct 2009, SIP wrote:

> Canadian "eh?" is an interesting affectation.  It's sort of like tacking
> on 'you know' to the end of sentences. It can at the same time be both
> seeking confirmation and simply giving affirmation in a slightly less
> 'strong' tone. Much like the Japanese 'ne' is used by a lot of people.
> It softens the speech somewhat to not appear as declarative.

  Like, I, um, you know, totally, like, agree. ;-)

  What have we done to our languages?  Our ancestors are rolling in their
  graves, unable to prevent us from such linguistic destruction.

Beckman
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