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"Why I" is the standard greeting in County Durham, in the North of England, for reasons I've never been able to fathom. It's nice though.
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(Post #23)
Oopsy!!! I have to correct you again, John, sorry. "Geordies" and other UK north-easteners don't say "Why I"; it's actually Wey-Aye: An emphatic exclamation of reply meaning “Well Yes, of course!” occasionally coupled with the word ‘man’ as in the perceived archetypal Geordie phrase “Wey-Aye Man” that is most often overused by novice Geordie imitators.
(... and I won't even
begin to explain the difference between Geordies, Northumbrians, Mackems ... and Smoggies!
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Jayne