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by Too Much Time On My Hands on May 9th, 2005
Well, since Kim's already done such a good job providing the serious answer, there's nothing left for me to do except offer up this joke etymology that you sometimes hear in the USA:
The story goes that Canada was actually named by drawing letters at random out of a hat. The letters were drawn in the order C, N, D. The man drawing the letters was recorded as saying, "C, eh... N, eh... D, eh..."
Okay, it's a lame joke. Down here in the USA we have this idea that Canadians attach an "eh" to the end of everything. We also think they say "aboot" instead of "about." In reality, the few Canadians I know don't talk like that... but it's fun to cling to our little linguistic stereotypes. I give any Canadians who read this my blessing to mock USA English as much as you like. You probably already do anyway! :)
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like, you know, good answer, eh?
by Grandma Roses - my avatar is my real dog on September 13th, 2005
Canada, the land of three a's, eh?
by RedJohn on October 3rd, 2005