http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=205 A Blog about Words and Language(s) from alphaDictionary.com Tue, 21 May 2013 19:53:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.6 http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=205&cpage=1#comment-102277 Colin Burt Thu, 01 May 2008 05:55:45 +0000 http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=205#comment-102277 Also a very common habit in rural Queensland in Australia. Finalised with a rhetorical 'eh?' regardless whether the re was a question involved or not. "Bloody hot for the time of year, eh?" is a question but "you're not welcome here mate and it's time someone told you so, eh" is not really inviting an answer. In both cases , West of the dividing range, the last two words reach up towards falsetto. Also a very common habit in rural Queensland in Australia. Finalised with a rhetorical ‘eh?’ regardless whether the re was a question involved or not. “Bloody hot for the time of year, eh?” is a question but “you’re not welcome here mate and it’s time someone told you so, eh” is not really inviting an answer. In both cases , West of the dividing range, the last two words reach up towards falsetto.

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