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Old Nov 9th 2012 | 6:04 am
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Admittedly it's a pet peeve, but have you started using the awful "no" at the end of an interrogative sentence? Where you might normall use "isn't it" "doesn't it" or even estuary "innit"? Adding an "eh" is one thing, it can be ironic or a genuine attempt to adopt Canadian speech patterns, but "no?" is just plain annoying, no? It's even creeping into British speech would you believe.
 
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Originally Posted by Shard
Admittedly it's a pet peeve, but have you started using the awful "no" at the end of an interrogative sentence? Where you might normall use "isn't it" "doesn't it" or even estuary "innit"? Adding an "eh" is one thing, it can be ironic or a genuine attempt to adopt Canadian speech patterns, but "no?" is just plain annoying, no? It's even creeping into British speech would you believe.

Meh.....there are more things to lose sleep over, like snow around mailboxes? No
 
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Meh.....there are more things to lose sleep over, like snow around mailboxes? No
 
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Originally Posted by Shard
Admittedly it's a pet peeve, but have you started using the awful "no" at the end of an interrogative sentence? Where you might normall use "isn't it" "doesn't it" or even estuary "innit"? Adding an "eh" is one thing, it can be ironic or a genuine attempt to adopt Canadian speech patterns, but "no?" is just plain annoying, no? It's even creeping into British speech would you believe.
This is a pet peeve you should shake off, no?
 
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no different to putting yeah at the end..if you get my drift, yeah?
 
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Canadians by definition are going to speak weird. Half of them speak French.
 
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Originally Posted by cheeky_monkey
no different to putting yeah at the end..if you get my drift, yeah?
Yeah's all right, it's a French sounding no (non?) which sounds bit...
 
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its a sign of the times. already, No?
 
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Just as bad as "right" at the end of sentences, right?
 
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Good point geedee, but with "right" you're confirming a positive so it sounds natural. Eg. You're coming out with us tonight, right? But with "no" you're asking someone to reconsider a contrary position with a single (short) word? I suppose it's efficient, but to me it sounds a bit glib somehow.

Anyway, I don't think this is the right room for an argument ...
 
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Originally Posted by Shard
Good point geedee, but with "right" you're confirming a positive so it sounds natural. Eg. You're coming out with us tonight, right? But with "no" you're asking someone to reconsider a contrary position with a single (short) word? I suppose it's efficient, but to me it sounds a bit glib somehow.

Anyway, I don't think this is the right room for an argument ...
Then why did you start the thread? Anyway, I prefer the original full form British version of "no" at the end of a sentence, nowha'imean?
 
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yeah but no, but yeah, know what I mean innit?
 
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Default Re: Saying "no" at the end of a question?

Originally Posted by Novocastrian
Then why did you start the thread? Anyway, I prefer the original full form British version of "no" at the end of a sentence, nowha'imean?
I like like "know'wha'I'mean too" but it's different usage, innit. It's for "right".

The slightly obtuse comment at the end of my post is a subtle reference to a Python sketch triggered by an earlier phrase. Nevermind, it really is getting all too silly.
 
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Originally Posted by Shard
I like like "know'wha'I'mean too" but it's different usage, innit. It's for "right".

The slightly obtuse comment at the end of my post is a subtle reference to a Python sketch triggered by an earlier phrase. Nevermind, it really is getting all too silly.
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yeah but no, but yeah, know what I mean innit?
If that's supposed to be authentic, it's missing a "like" or two, like.
 


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