[Magdalen] Cheerios.

[Jay Weigel]

Not so, David! My sister-in-law's Minnesota Norwegian family members use
it. They are from Montevideo, MN, although she claims she might as well be
from Lake Wobegon..."Same place, really," she says.

On Mon, Sep 21, 2015 at 11:09 AM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

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> In a message dated 9/21/2015 9:03:41 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time
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> David,  speaking of correct grammar, don't you mean Ja shure,  eh?>>>>>
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> I think the "eh" is more characteristic of Canadian English than USA
> accents/dialects.
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> It's interesting that Labov of U-Penn claims that Canada is not
> participating in the current "Northern Cities Vowel Shift".  The  other
> group not participating in the shift is the AE=African American  English
> dialect, even though a great many of this group live in the northern
> cities.
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> David Strang.
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