Re: So we had

On Nov 22, 1:53 am, Marius Hancu <NOS...@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hello:

This confirmation/reinforcement tag "so we had," is it some specific BrE
variety?

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'Well,' says Auntie Doreen, the one word containing more vowel sounds
than we knew existed, 'we'd better get unpacked, girls, so we had.'

Behind the Scenes at the Museum, by Kate Atkinson, Page 139

I associate it particularly with Irish speakers.
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