“Will you listen to yourself?”
“Really, Ma . . . I gotta run.”
“Three short months there . . .”
“Canada, ay?”
“Some say it’s across the pond—some pond—it might as well be an ocean.”
“Alright, already, spit it out ay?”
“You’ve said it again—that dreaded ay?”
“I didn’t . . .”
“You pepper your speech with it like it’s seasoning. Cut it out.”
“Ay?”
Argh. Elocution lessons down the drain.
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Click http://mommasmoneymatters.com/flash-fiction/ for rules of this challenge.
The word limit for the Flash word Pepper is 75. I used 74.
Great piece, Tess. If anyone asks you how to spell Canada, just tell them…C-ay-N-ay-D-ay…
Oh sure, I love it. Thanks, Naomi. Why haven’t I heard of this before now?
I was under the impression the Canadian “ay” was “eh”, eh?
*giggles* I love it.
Red.
xxx
YOu are correct and I started with eh but I wasn’t sure everyone read it the same way, right, ay?
ROFL! Too cute. Welcome back to the Pan! <3
Thank you, Red. This is a personal challenge–to fit into my week. November is going to be tough when I join NaNoWriMo.
I considered it, but since I will release two books in November and one in the first week of December, I am not so certain I can pull off finishing a fourth in 60 days. I am good, but that is a lot.
You are too amazing for this tired self.
Funny, Tess! All in 74 words. Excellent!
Thank YOU, Len. This one is close alright.
Red’s right. And I should know, been a Canuck all my life and been forced to see it in writing as well as hear it in speech
Thank you sbw. You are correct. I am a Canuck too but for whatever reason ‘eh’ didn’t look right to me. Sometimes you look at a word and no matter how right it is, it looks wrong? It’s embarrassing. . .
Love it Tess! I think (y)our language will be unrecognisable in another hundred years
You are most likely correct, IF it’s still English. . .
Cute story Tess
Kids – if they like a word, they, like, use it all the time, eh
You bet. Thanks, Ghia.
Well done Tess! Loved it
Valentine, you are always so kind. Thank you.
Very clever, Tess. Again, my compliments on being able to tell a story in few words.
Thank you, Laurie. Sometimes I get lucky I think.
You really pack a lot into a few words, but without making it feel crammed (or do I mean cramped?) You’re a genius!
Thank you, Vanessa, except I flunked on the spelling, eh?
Ay, Tess, I got what you were saying like!
Eh? Seems the word still doesn’t look right spelled the right way. Glad you got it, eh?
Oh Tess I feel your pain.. and your eh? my step-son, his wife 3 grand kids all “eh” me do to death. Now guess who says eh? I think its proununced differently on the west coast.. lo….
Loved love this post my friend!!l
Those bad habits, of speech and otherwise. Well caught.
And in 75 words too!
Bad speech and wrong spelling. I try to squeeze every word I can into, instead of out of these flashes Thank you, Delft.
How wonderful my friend,
keep up the excellent work
and enjoy…
Androgoth
Nice to see you like my small attempts at story. Thank you for visiting.
Lol. I mean ay.
LOL. I’m usually on top of my spelling, but I got caught here. Oh, oh.
Geez, Angie. I don’t know what happened. I know who I am and am on top of spelling (since 5th grade) but I blew this one. Neither the right way nor the wrong way looked right. Red caught me right away.