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WCDT Strips 3596-3600 (23rd October - 27th October 2017)
Stoutfellow:
--- Quote from: JoeCovenant on 30 Oct 2017, 05:53 ---The entire premise for the "unfinished p" certainly does not occur in Scottish speech.
(Considering that Scots *Yes* is AYE which hardly lends itself to a 'unfinished' plosive of any kind.)
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Heh. "Ayup" is often used as a marker of New England speech.
Thrudd:
And Eh finds it's roots in AYE but has blossomed and spread to cover all sorts of situational meanings.
* to elicit confirmation for one’s statement
* to elicit acknowledgment
* to confirm a shared sentiment
* to confirm compliance
* expression of disbelief
* to elicit repetition; "I beg you pardon?"; "what?"
* to check that the listener is following
* metalinguistic commentary to express a link with Canada or rural Canada (faking it)
pwhodges:
Ay-up comes from the East Midlands or North-East of England; and I've said yep for ages.
Welp, which I first saw in QC in fact, has recently become quite widespread. Given the speed which things spread via the Internet these days, it is probably misleading to think of it as purely American now, though it may have originated there. Welp is mentioned along with yep and nope in this article from 1946, so it's not as new as most people seem to be thinking. It's also listed here.
JoeCovenant:
--- Quote from: Castlerook on 30 Oct 2017, 05:56 ---Well if you want to be a pedant.
I meant that languages are constantly evolving.
But if you really want to read something, try this.
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Like I said...
It's an American thing.
Gyrre:
--- Quote from: tustin2121 on 27 Oct 2017, 08:29 ---
--- Quote from: JoeCovenant on 27 Oct 2017, 08:13 ---
Just dropping back into this one to say, I am truly disappointed in Faye actually speaking the word "Welp"....
:cry:
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She said "howdy" and "whaddaya" two strips ago. I'd imagine those would be the more egregious examples to cry over if you cared enough to cry over her character development laxing language use...
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Phoenetic spelling of her Georgian accent.
BTW, howdy and ya'll are both words in the dictionary, even though both are shortened forms of phrases ('how do you do' and 'you all' respectively).
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