| Characteristics of Canadian speech |
Universal |
07 Dec 2025 |
| Confused sounds |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
25 Jul 2025 |
| Jokey Canadianisms |
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| Stereotypical Canadian utterances |
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| Oft-mocked Canadianisms |
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| Bob & Doug utterances |
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| Canadian interjections |
Wall Street Journal |
10 May 2025 |
| Canuck-mocking words |
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| Sounds from confused people |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
23 Feb 2025 |
| Puzzled remarks the woman rescinded (3) |
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| Ho-hum reactions |
New York Times |
10 Nov 2024 |
| Words in Canadian jokes, often |
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| Stereotypic Canadianisms |
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| "I don't think so" sounds |
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| Canadian interjections |
Universal |
16 Jul 2024 |
| Canadian exclamations |
New York Times |
16 Jul 2024 |
| Bob & Doug utterances on "SCTV" |
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| Sounds of incomprehension |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
23 Jun 2024 |
| Syllables from the hard of hearing |
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| Sounds of doubt |
New York Times |
31 Mar 2024 |
| Bob & Doug interjections |
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| Sounds associated with Canadians |
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| Not-super-enthused reactions |
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| Interjections outside a Tim Hortons, maybe? |
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| Saskatchewan sentence enders |
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| Mock Canadianisms |
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| Sounds of doubt |
Wall Street Journal |
27 Nov 2023 |
| Canadian interjections |
New York Times |
21 Jun 2023 |
| Unsure utterances |
Wall Street Journal |
11 Feb 2023 |
| Noncommittal grunts |
Thomas Joseph |
11 Mar 2022 |
| 'Didn't hear you' interjections |
The Washington Post |
09 Mar 2022 |
| "Didn't hear you" interjections |
LA Times Daily |
09 Mar 2022 |
| Quizzical Quebec questions? |
New York Times |
22 Dec 2021 |
| Inquisitive interjections |
Wall Street Journal |
09 Dec 2021 |
| Sounds of doubt |
New York Times |
10 Oct 2021 |
| Sounds of puzzlement |
New York Times |
20 May 2021 |
| Stereotypical Canadian interjections |
Universal |
02 May 2021 |
| "What?" utterances |
LA Times Daily |
23 Jan 2021 |
| 'What?' utterances |
The Washington Post |
23 Jan 2021 |
| Quizzical utterances |
New York Times |
26 Jul 2020 |
| Codgers’ replies |
Wall Street Journal |
18 Jul 2020 |
| 'Come again?' replies |
The Washington Post |
28 Jun 2020 |
| "Come again?" replies |
LA Times Daily |
28 Jun 2020 |
| 'Say what?' sounds |
The Washington Post |
01 Jun 2020 |
| "Say what?" sounds |
LA Times Daily |
01 Jun 2020 |
| Canadian interjections |
New York Times |
15 Apr 2020 |
| "How's that again?" words |
LA Times Daily |
05 Apr 2020 |
| 'How's that again?' words |
The Washington Post |
05 Apr 2020 |
| Responses to mumbles |
New York Times |
22 Oct 2019 |
| Responses to mumbles |
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| "Come again?" sounds |
LA Times Daily |
29 Sep 2019 |
| 'Come again?' sounds |
The Washington Post |
29 Sep 2019 |
| Canadian sentence enders |
Universal |
08 Aug 2019 |
| Stereotypically Canadian interjections |
Jonesin |
02 Jul 2019 |
| Reactions to missing things |
LA Times Daily |
21 Jun 2019 |
| Reactions to missing things |
The Washington Post |
21 Jun 2019 |
| Quizzical interjections |
Wall Street Journal |
09 Jan 2019 |
| Canadian sentence enders |
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| Sounds of puzzlement |
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| Reactions to missing things |
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| Quizzical interjections |
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| "Come again?" sounds |
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| Lukewarm reviews? |
LA Times Daily |
10 Dec 2018 |
| Lukewarm reviews? |
The Washington Post |
10 Dec 2018 |
| Canadian expletives |
Canadiana |
15 Oct 2018 |
| Doubtful interjections |
The Washington Post |
29 Jun 2018 |
| Doubtful interjections |
LA Times Daily |
29 Jun 2018 |
| 'I didn't hear you' sounds |
The Washington Post |
30 Jan 2018 |
| "I didn't hear you" sounds |
LA Times Daily |
30 Jan 2018 |
| Lukewarm reviews? |
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| "I didn't hear you" sounds |
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| Doubtful interjections |
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| 'Come again?' sounds |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
01 Dec 2017 |
| Stereotypical Canadian sentence enders |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
17 Nov 2017 |
| Simple words of confusion |
Universal |
27 Sep 2017 |
| Typically Canadian expletives |
Canadiana |
28 Aug 2017 |
| Questioning syllables |
Wall Street Journal |
13 May 2017 |
| Comments that lead people to repeat themselves |
New York Times |
29 Apr 2017 |
| "Come again?" sounds |
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| Quizzical utterances |
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| Comments that lead people to repeat themselves |
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| Stereotypical Canadian sentence enders |
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| Simple words of confusion |
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| Common Canadianisms |
The Washington Post |
03 Jul 2016 |
| Unsure grunts |
Wall Street Journal |
15 Apr 2016 |
| Expressions of doubt |
New York Times |
17 Jan 2016 |
| Canadian vocal tics that aren't as commonplace as Americans think |
Jonesin |
12 Jan 2016 |
| Expressions of doubt |
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| Canadian sentence tags |
Wall Street Journal |
13 Nov 2015 |
| Quizzical sounds |
New York Times |
03 Nov 2015 |
| Uncertain responses |
LA Times Daily |
28 Oct 2015 |
| Questioning interjections |
New York Times |
18 Oct 2015 |
| Quizzical interjections |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
16 Oct 2015 |
| Quizzical reactions |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
25 Sep 2015 |
| "Speak up" requests |
LA Times Daily |
24 May 2015 |
| Sounds of confusion |
New York Times |
21 Mar 2015 |
| Canadian sentence enders? |
LA Times Daily |
13 Feb 2015 |
| 'Say what?' sounds |
Premier Sunday |
08 Feb 2015 |
| Expressions of confusion |
Universal |
21 Jan 2015 |
| Canadian sentence enders? |
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| Quizzical reactions |
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| Quizzical interjections |
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| Stumbling syllables |
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| Canadian sentence tags |
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| Expressions of confusion |
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| 'Say what?' sounds |
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| Sounds of confusion |
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| Quizzical sounds |
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| Questioning interjections |
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| Canadian interjections |
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| Lukewarm remarks |
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| Sounds of resignation |
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| Uncertain responses |
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| "Speak up" requests |
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| Crotchety cries |
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| Sounds of doubt |
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| Ottowan interjections |
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| Replies of confusion |
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| Canadian interjections |
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| Canadian interjections |
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| Quizzical sounds |
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| Sounds of indifference |
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| "So-so" responses |
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| Unenthusiastic reviews |
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| "Come again?" syllables |
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| Half-hearted responses |
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| "Speak up" reactions |
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| Questioning utterances |
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| "How's that again?" syllables |
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| "Speak up" reactions |
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| Puzzled comments |
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| Questioning utterances |
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| Prompts for replies |
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| Canadian sentence-enders, stereotypically |
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| Questioning syllables |
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| Uncertain interjections |
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| Comments accompanying shrugs |
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| Quizzical sounds |
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| Quizzical sounds |
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| Inquisitive interjections |
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| "So-so" reactions |
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| "So-so" reactions |
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| Speech hesitations |
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| Noncommittal comments |
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| Canadian interjections |
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| Indifferent comments |
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| Blasé comments |
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| Apathetic reactions |
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| Canadian sentence enders, stereotypically |
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| Canadian sentence enders, stereotypically |
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| Exclamations of inquiry |
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| Words of doubt |
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| Replies from old geezers |
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| Responses of confusion |
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| Replies from the hard of hearing |
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| Crotchety cries |
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| Canadian query closers |
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| Canadian sentence enders? |
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| Words of doubt |
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| "How's that again?" syllables |
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| Interrogative interjections |
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| Canadian sentence-enders |
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| Frequent Canadian interjections |
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| Uncertain responses |
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| Words of doubt |
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| "Say what?" sounds |
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| "Say what?" sounds |
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| Lukewarm reviews |
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| Querying responses |
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| Toronto terminals? |
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| Questioning syllables |
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| Questioning sounds |
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| Codgers' questions |
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| Lukewarm opinions |
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| Lukewarm opinions |
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| Codgers' questions |
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| Puzzled interjections |
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| Questioning syllables |
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| Baffled inquiries |
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| Baffled inquiries |
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| Confused comments |
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| Codgers' queries |
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| Canadians' rights? |
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| Confused comments |
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| Questioning words |
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| Uncertain responses |
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| Utterances from the uninterested |
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| Questioning sounds |
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| Puzzled reactions |
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| Interjections of surprise |
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| Sounds of hesitation |
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| Geezers' replies |
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| Geezers' replies |
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| Hardly glowing reviews |
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| Unenthusiastic reviews |
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| Questioning words |
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| Canadians' rights? |
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| Requests to speak up |
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| Sounds of puzzlement |
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| Geezers' questions |
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| Questioners' interjections |
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| Codgers' queries |
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| Codgers' replies |
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| Puzzled comments |
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| Geezers' questions |
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| Puzzled utterances |
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| "What?" syllables |
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| Puzzled comments |
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| Questioning interjections |
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| Querying sounds |
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| Confused expressions |
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| Skeptical comments |
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| Sounds of confusion |
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| Confused expressions |
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| Querying sounds |
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| Questioning comments |
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| Geezers' grunts |
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| Requests to speak up |
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| Uninspired reactions |
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| Interrogative interjections |
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| Inquiring sounds |
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| Questioning syllables |
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| Requests to speak up |
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| "What?" syllables |
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| Replies of confusion |
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| Interrogative utterances |
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| Canadian sentence enders |
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| Questioning interjections |
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| Sounds of hesitation |
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| Puzzled comments |
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| Questioning interjections |
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| Geezers' interjections |
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| Geezers' queries |
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| Ontarian's interjections |
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| Codgers' queries |
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| Sounds of surprise |
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| Sounds of surprise |
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| Puzzled comments |
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| Puzzled comments |
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| Replies of confusion |
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| Codgers' queries |
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| Doubting sounds |
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| Sounds of doubt |
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| Inarticulate sounds |
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| Doubting comments |
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| Questioning interjections |
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| Expressions of confusion |
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| Questioning syllables |
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| Replies of confusion |
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| Query sounds |
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| Codgers' interjections |
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| Codgers' queries |
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| Questioning syllables |
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| Interrogatives |
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| Sounds of surprise |
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| Inquisitive utterances |
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| With a change of tack female pardons |
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| Questioning interjections |
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| Saskatoon sentence-enders |
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| Questioning grunts |
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| Doubtful remarks |
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| Querying exclamations |
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| Querying responses |
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| Unenthusiastic responses |
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| Inquiring interjections |
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| Sounds of surprise |
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| Querying responses |
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| Say what? exclamations |
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| Remarks requesting elucidation |
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| Signals to speak up |
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| Interrogative sounds |
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| Interjections of surprise |
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| Codgers' replies |
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| Codger's interjections |
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| Surprised comments |
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| Querying sounds |
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| Short queries |
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| Questioning interjections |
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| Words from gramps, maybe |
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| Words of inquiry |
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| Interjections |
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| Interrogative interjections |
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| Inquiring expressions |
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| Interrogative utterances |
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| Expressions of inquiry |
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| Speech fillers |
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| Short queries |
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| Inquiring interjections |
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| Exclamations of inquiry |
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| Interrogative expressions |
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| Vocal interrogatives |
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| Inquisitive interjections |
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| Brief inquiries |
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| Querying words |
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| Questioning sounds |
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| Questioning words |
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| Doubtful sounds |
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| Sounds of inquiry |
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| Inquisitive sounds |
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| Sounds of querying |
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| Expressions of inquiry. |
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| Interjections meaning "What?” |
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| Questioning utterances. |
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| Interrogatory exclamations. |
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| Querying exclamations. |
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| Interrogatory syllables. |
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| Syllables of inquiry. |
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| Querying syllables. |
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| Conversational sounds. |
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| Interjections. |
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| Interrogative sounds. |
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| Sounds of inquiry. |
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| Confused questions |
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| Exclamations of inquiry. |
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| Interrogative syllables. |
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| Interrogative utterances. |
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| Querying sounds. |
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| Questioning sounds. |
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| Hardly glowing reviews |
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| Exclamations |
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| Queries. |
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| Exclamations. |
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| Exclamations of doubt. |
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