[Magdalen] Cheerios.

[Lesley de Voil]

My recent visits to a medical specialist resulted in my having to
endure "sweetie" tacked on to most sentences. This otherwise quite
delightful man is a relatively recent import from Geordie-land, so
must be excused!  Both "pet" and "love" are still used by tradesmen in
my hearing sometimes, although diminishingly so.
My mother had a phrase used when remonstrating against us kids for
using the ending " ..., eh?" To poke fun at us, she would say
interrogatively, "And says "Do'ee?" an' "Woz yer?" too, I suppose?"
She *did* at least try to make us genteel....

Regards
Lesley de Voil
On 9/22/15, Roger Stokes <roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com> wrote:
> On 21/09/2015 16:28, Scott Knitter wrote:
>> On Mon, Sep 21, 2015 at 10:26 AM, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>> Eh as an ending to practically every phrase or sentence was highly
>>> prevalent in the Keewenaw area into the '70s.
>>> Lynn
>> For an HP colleague from the Newcastle-Upon-Tyne area of England
>> (accent: Geordie), the equivalent is "yeh?" at the end of every
>> sentence. Even a question: "What's 'e goin' on about, yeh?"
>
> Although I haven't heard that in my trips up to that area.  In a
> business context it's certainly better than the alternative ending of
> pet.  "How are you doin' then, pet?"  Further South in Yorkshire it
> would be replaced by "love".  They are popular terms in their respective
> areas and, understood in that context, are expressions of friendliness
> but are best avoided when speaking to colleagues.
>
> Roger
>