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| Hi Molly, are her specimens native speakers of English only? Or do they include nonnatives too? |
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| #3 (permalink) Wed Jul 23, 2008 14:31 pm "Girl" talk. |
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| NinaZara wrote: |
| Hi Molly, are her specimens native speakers of English only? Or do they include nonnatives too? |
Native, I imagine. Would you identify with any of those? |
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| #4 (permalink) Wed Jul 23, 2008 14:38 pm "Girl" talk. |
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| With the latter, perhaps a little. |
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| #5 (permalink) Wed Jul 23, 2008 15:05 pm "Girl" talk. |
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| NinaZara wrote: |
| With the latter, perhaps a little. |
Me too, and tag questions. |
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| #6 (permalink) Wed Jul 23, 2008 15:11 pm "Girl" talk. |
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| I am surprised people associate it (tag questions) with women. I used to think that it's British, meaning I don't expect to hear it much from the American. |
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| #7 (permalink) Wed Jul 23, 2008 15:33 pm "Girl" talk. |
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| NinaZara wrote: |
| I am surprised people associate it (tag questions) with women. I used to think that it's British, meaning I don't expect to hear it much from the American. |
I hear that tags are used less in the US, but I don't think tags are a particulary British thing. |
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| #8 (permalink) Wed Jul 23, 2008 16:05 pm "Girl" talk. |
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Hi guys
I think it depends on the type of tag question.
In BrE it is typical to use many types of tags e.g. , donīt you?, isnt it?, should we? arenīt they?
I would say they are common place, but also present in AE.
But I would also say that there are common place regional tags that are used as a substitute for many different tag forms.
These range from; right, innit, to ay, eh.
The former occur frequently in BrE and the latter in AE respectively.
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| #9 (permalink) Wed Jul 23, 2008 16:06 pm "Girl" talk. |
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| Molly wrote: |
| I hear that tags are used less in the US, but I don't think tags are a particulary British thing. |
Perhaps it is the same with women and men? 
But I can see you use a lot of question tags in your posts (just an impression).
Also, I think feature number 1 doesn't belong to women either. I see a lot of celebrities, both male and female use them. I think it depends on the person's level of education, background, or occupation. Maybe people from the linguistic background think it will be too simple-minded to use such language. But to some, it is an easy way to say "things" (see?).
Oh by the way, I don't understand feature number 10. Would you be kind enough to explain it to me? |
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| #10 (permalink) Wed Jul 23, 2008 16:09 pm "Girl" talk. |
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Hi Nina
I would back up your statement. I have many male friends that use "innit", as their substitute tag.
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| #11 (permalink) Wed Jul 23, 2008 16:10 pm "Girl" talk. |
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| stew.t. wrote: |
| These range from; right, innit, to ay, eh. |
I didn't know "eh" was a tag!  |
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| #12 (permalink) Wed Jul 23, 2008 16:11 pm "Girl" talk. |
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| stew.t. wrote: |
Hi Nina
I would back up your statement. I have many male friends that use "innit", as their substitute tag.
cheers stew.t. |
I notice you too, are very fond of it. |
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| #13 (permalink) Wed Jul 23, 2008 16:12 pm "Girl" talk. |
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Hi Nina
Easier said than done, eh?
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Of course, it is the drifting Northerner/Midlander coming out of me.
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| #14 (permalink) Wed Jul 23, 2008 16:34 pm "Girl" talk. |
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| According to Mr.Webster, "eh" is especially used in Canadian English, no wonder MM likes to use it! |
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| #15 (permalink) Fri Aug 15, 2008 4:37 am "Girl" talk. |
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| I think that list is pretty much accurate -- however, a language like English changes so much in 33 years (that study being published in, i believe, 1975) that you will oftentimes find men slipping in things from that list, with some frequency too. |
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