On Sat, Jul 5, 2008 at 1:33 PM,  <shanesmith@...> wrote:

> "Eh" is not really Canadian either. "Americans" will often use it the same
> way; in conversation to invite the listener to comment.

Aussies & Pommies will also say "eh", ay? (But it might not be spelled
that way.)

> "Take-off" derives from one skit on comedy TV 25 years ago. It's not part
> of the colloquial.  People don't actually say 1t in their speech, at least
> not since that TV show faded from memory.

I'm not sure what is being referred to here, but "take-off" (noun) is
a well established comedy term, much older than 25 years old in
Australia. It basically means a parody, as in "Paul Hogan did a
take-off of a Rod Stewart performance on The Paul Hogan Show last
night (30 years ago)."