[Magdalen] Cheerios.

[Jon Egger]

Hutchinson, MN.  I believe that Prairie Home Companion is near to 'Hutch'.

I've never felt comfy with the Southern Affectations.  OTOH, I love calling
the young ladies at the supermarket check out "Ma'am.

Grace and peace,
brud

On Mon, Sep 21, 2015 at 4:46 PM, Lesley de Voil <lesleymdv at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
> >
>