Saying "no" at the end of a question?
#1
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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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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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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no different to putting yeah at the end..if you get my drift, yeah?
#6
Canadians by definition are going to speak weird. Half of them speak French.
#10
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 ...
Anyway, I don't think this is the right room for an argument ...
#11
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 ...
Anyway, I don't think this is the right room for an argument ...
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yeah but no, but yeah, know what I mean innit?
#13
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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You get me blood...no?



