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Valesse · 10-21-2005, 11:14 PM

I guess there is no better way to open up this post other than a big, emphatic HOWDY!

I'm from Texas, yep, and AGAINST what all the other Texans here have said... I AM a cowperson. In my spare time I've fix fences, walk around cow pies/chips (makes you hungry, don't it?) , and stalk armadillos. Well... my FREE free time, when I can get out of the Houston suburbs.

My heart belongs to my family's ranch, though, in a small town just two hours outside of Houston: Muldoon, TX. Oh... and when I say small I mean that the population is around 35, and you can take a "City tour" for just under 5 minutes... and thats using all three main roads! It has three churches, a post office, a BRAND NEW firestation, and thats about it except of houses. If that isn't distrubing enough for you, Haus, 90% of the population is related to me! dundundun!

Gil-Galad · 10-22-2005, 04:43 PM

Eh is more of the Canadian version of Ya, what the Germans/Scandinavian say, so when a German says "I'm from Germany ya", its almost like "I'm from Canada eh"

Eh is like a mix of Yes and Hey

Alberta has a heavy German population epeccially in Rural, and i here them say Eh all th time, so it may have originated from German Imigrants

Rune Son of Bjarne · 10-22-2005, 05:01 PM

Hi.

I am frome Denmark !

yes the magnificent, microscopic land north of Germany!

What can I say about Denmark? New Zealand has sheep, we have pigs!
The population of Denmark:

Humans: 5.6 million
Pigs :25 million

Mabey Telchar can add some info about us.

(Do not listen too people frome Sweeden or Norway)

malkatoj · 10-22-2005, 05:03 PM

Well, I'm from Massachusetts--Whooo! But I still say 'eh' so I don't think it's just specifically a Canada thing. More Canada and People Who Make Fun of Canada

Glirdan · 10-22-2005, 06:06 PM

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Originally Posted by malkatoj

Well, I'm from Massachusetts--Whooo! But I still say 'eh' so I don't think it's just specifically a Canada thing. More Canada and People Who Make Fun of Canada

Well now that's not cool!! It makes me mad when people make fun of us Canadians. Sheez malka, be nice.

Amaduial, looks like it's time for you to do a little update on that list again.

Feanor of the Peredhil · 10-22-2005, 06:17 PM

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Originally Posted by malkatoj

Well, I'm from Massachusetts--Whooo! But I still say 'eh' so I don't think it's just specifically a Canada thing. More Canada and People Who Make Fun of Canada

Since beginning the year long experience of living just several doors down from several Canadians (at my school for the hockey, as it were), my own accent has taken on such quality that I ask questions uh-boat language differences, but that's not a bad thing, eh?

And because of a friend from home who adopted her friend's accent, I've also started calling my hometown my hoom-tone.

Really, dialect has less to do with where you live than who you live with or converse with on a regular basis. And if you live in an accentedly diverse dorm, you pick up all kinds of neat pronunciations.

malkatoj · 10-22-2005, 06:31 PM

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Sheez malka, be nice.

Oh, come on, the winking smiley face means I'm joking. I really wish I lived there, actually.

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my own accent has taken on such quality that I ask questions uh-boat language differences, but that's not a bad thing, eh?

Right...and the first time I met my boyfriend's mom, the first actual sentence she said to me (aside from 'nice to meet you') was "Are you from Canada? You have a Canadian accent..." Absolutely no idea why, since I don't really know anyone from there. But it was funny.

Gothmog · 10-22-2005, 06:55 PM

Rune son of Bjarne:

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Do not listen too people frome Sweeden or Norway

And what exactly do you mean by that? Denmark is the southern part of Sweden that we didn't want and therefore gave it's freedom

As you might have guessed, I'm from Sweden. Anyone else here from our wonderful country of busty blonds and 200 days icecold winter? I'm feeling lonely here with all this americans and englishmen and all...

Glirdan · 10-22-2005, 06:56 PM

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Oh, come on, the winking smiley face means I'm joking. I really wish I lived there, actually.

I know, I know. But do you really? Canada is a very nice place actually, besides all the polution there is of course yet still a wonderful place to live. I love it up here, except for the winter's. Now they are bad. So cold, and it doesn't help that you have a cold everyday of the year.

Cailín · 10-23-2005, 03:32 AM

And I am from that small, insignificant country people do or do not know as either Holland or the Netherlands, though I am also occasionally (wishing to be) from New Jersey, USA. And next year I shall probably be from Dublin, Ireland.

But let's not make things more complicated than they already are.

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What can I say about Denmark? New Zealand has sheep, we have pigs!

And we have cows...

10-21-2005, 11:14 PM	#1
Valesse Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: \|Away Posts: 614	I guess there is no better way to open up this post other than a big, emphatic HOWDY! I'm from Texas, yep, and AGAINST what all the other Texans here have said... I AM a cowperson. In my spare time I've fix fences, walk around cow pies/chips (makes you hungry, don't it?) , and stalk armadillos. Well... my FREE free time, when I can get out of the Houston suburbs. My heart belongs to my family's ranch, though, in a small town just two hours outside of Houston: Muldoon, TX. Oh... and when I say small I mean that the population is around 35, and you can take a "City tour" for just under 5 minutes... and thats using all three main roads! It has three churches, a post office, a BRAND NEW firestation, and thats about it except of houses. If that isn't distrubing enough for you, Haus, 90% of the population is related to me! dundundun! __________________ "Loo, what sholde a man in thyse dayes now wryte, 'egges' or 'eyren'?" - Caxton, Eneydos

10-22-2005, 04:43 PM	#2
Gil-Galad Psyche of Prince Immortal Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Above a Parapet Obvious exits are: North, South, and Dennis Posts: 4,734	Eh is more of the Canadian version of Ya, what the Germans/Scandinavian say, so when a German says "I'm from Germany ya", its almost like "I'm from Canada eh" Eh is like a mix of Yes and Hey Alberta has a heavy German population epeccially in Rural, and i here them say Eh all th time, so it may have originated from German Imigrants __________________ Love doesn't blow up and get killed.

10-22-2005, 05:03 PM	#4
malkatoj Wight Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: A hovel in Florin Posts: 173	Well, I'm from Massachusetts--Whooo! But I still say 'eh' so I don't think it's just specifically a Canada thing. More Canada and People Who Make Fun of Canada __________________ Now, mostly dead is slightly alive. Now, all dead...well, with all dead, there's usually only one thing that you can do--Go through his clothes and look for loose change.