saying eh?

i say it all the time...even type it...i think i picked up the habit growing up in alaska. that would make sense, eh?

 

People tend to say it when they are cold and craving a beer....

 

i say eh all the time, its jsut part of my natural speech

 

eh??

 

My boyfriend from Maine works in a grocery store that a lot of Canadians pass through, so it just rubbed off on him and now he says it without realizing it... especially when he's nervous. It's pretty cute. :tongue:

 

I say it quite often. Most of the time I don't even realize I'm saying it.

 

I say it all the time. But honestly I never even notice anymore.

 

I think I say it from time to time, I never used to that much but I spent some time in North Bay and almost all the people I was with say eh after every two words. haha

 

Not sure if I do or don't. I will have to think about that one for awhile eh.

 

the question of this topic has recently been asked I believe.

 

I don't really say it (that I noticed, anyway), but my brother does and lots of my extended family does. I notice it's more of a Native Canadian or a Newfie/maritimer thing, but I love when I do hear it!

 

Yeah I say it but when I say it makes sense
like:
"It's cold out, eh?" like in a "wouldn't you agree" way

and we don't say it 24/7, most of us at least

 

I was born on another planet so I have never said 'Eh' in my life. And I hear it very rarely from other humans.

 

I bet you have said it and you have heard it said. But you just don't realise because it's a meaningless little word that's thrown in.

 

Nope. Never said it.

 

I say 'hey' in the place of eh
"it's outside, hey?"

 

Sounds like me, who grew up in the US, say "aye" all the time, though that's not American, it's scottish. lol. I have been chatting with too many scots, and they made it contagous, aye.

 

Canada = The "Eh" Team

 

Someone already mentioned it, but the U.S. equivalent is "huh". It can be used as "know what I mean?" at the end of a sentence, or on its own as "What?/Say that again?"

The "about" question is an interesting phenomenon. We do say it differently from one another. South of the Can/Am border, it's often pronounced "abowt". In Canada, it's closer to "aboat". To people who say "abowt", "aboat" sounds like "aboot".

As a rather lengthy post-script, I'll make a point abooote the frozen tundra image of Canada. While MUCH of our nation is way, way too cold (in my opinion), some of it is further south than is regularly assumed. For example, the place I was born in Southern Ontario, is further south than 8 entire states, and portions of 7 other states. There are U.S. cities in fifteen states that are north of my Canadian birthplace.

Peacelove,
Aldousage

 

I don't see the "huh" thing here in Florida, but that's just Florida...the OTHER end of the continent.

You say aboot, aye.

- A boat "is something one uses to travel the seven seas,
- "A boot" is something you wear on your feet and lower legs. I'm sure they're worn a lot in Canada.

Just messing with you guys. XD I love y'all.