saying eh?

I picked it up from Bob and Doug in the movie "Strange Brew".

Take off, eh?

I'm practicing for the day I cross the border so I can't be identified as an American.



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My first cross-boarder language barrier once occurred when we were heading down to NLQP in Ohio. See the tricky thing is, the 'accent' sounds just the same with a few exceptions...

"I'd like a pair of teas please."

"Certainly" *the waitress opens the ice freezer*

"No, sorry. I meant a regular tea, not iced."

"Oh, a hat tea?"

"Hat tea?" *puzzle*

"Yeah, hat tea."

"Uhmm" *blink, blink* "Just a regular tea. Bag in a cup."

"Hat tea." *duh*

"Uhmm. Ok. Sure." *blink*

And as she steps away to deal with the tea, I'm wondering. WTF is hat tea. Is it because the tea bag she's placing jauntily on the cup's lid resembles a hat? I don't get it? And after a minute or two passes, I clue in and feel like a complete idiot. Hot tea.

Then I apologize for being a tard.

 

They should speak more clearly.

 

hat tea = HOT TEA

 

A attractive young women is standing looking at the Grand Canyon when she is approached by a Texan. He does his best to engage her in conversation. Expounding how great AMERICA is etc, etc. He then asks her where she's from. She explains Canada. Canada! He says...a pause. He then asks her why do all Canadian's say "eh". Oh, she says, that's a national secret. Another pause. She looks right, then left, and then says to the Texan. I'll tell you if you keep it a secret. He shakes his head yes. Well it means "asshole". The Texan looks puzzled. The girl then turns and say's to him, have an nice day eh. And walks away...

 

haha yes love that movie
Go Bob and Doug

"take off, eh"
"ya hoser"
the dog named hosehead
oh my God, such a great movie


Oh and Canadians don't talk like that

 

We used to talk like that alot in the 80's. Alot alot.

good asshole joke eh.

 

I say it, quite a bit. But not so much in the "Canadian way". Of course, every area of any country has different dialects but we in Cape Breton and Newfoundland, I suppose, like to think that our patois is the more different type of speech in Canada. In other words, we (I, of course, speak for .0001%) believe that Canadians west of us have a Canadian accent and we have a Gaelic accent. So, I suppose I say "eh" or "aye" like an Irishmen?:tongue:

 

You a Caper Deis? My mom's side of the family are Cape Bretoners. Though in typical fashion, none of them live there anymore. (I think third of the island is living here in Calgary and another third at Fort Mac!)

My buddy from NZ fit in great over here 'cause they use 'aye' like our 'eh?'. I got another buddy from Alabam that slips into the eh quite naturally when talking to me - pretty impressive, to get a y'all and and eh? into a phrase without it sounding contrived.

 

Yep, born in Sydney and I, too, no longer live there, haha. I'm in Halifax now, but tons of my friends have moved to Alberta.

 

I was up campin in charlston lake last week (north of kingston) and was waiting at the boat launch to be picked up when a couple of guys came up to the docks in a fishing boat. They thaught I was there buddy I guess cause they shouted out "Ricky, hey Rickey, that you buddy?" with that exact type of accent, my mom turned to me and whispered "they're a regular bob and doug eh?". So they were waitin to pick up they're buddy, we were waitin to be picked up and this other couple is packing up there boat with supplies for the weekend and as they're getting their small brown dog in the boat the bob and doug guys ask what the dogs name is, the man replies that his name is buddy and bob replies "oh ya? well at least you didn't name it something stupid like cocoa eh?"

it was classic, we had a good chat with them later about fishing spots on the lake

these guys took it to the extreme but i'd say the bob and doug mckenzie dialect is very much a reality in parts of rural ontario, heck there's quite a few in my own family north of 7

 

Or they were making a Trailer Park Boys joke.

 

haha, na, they really were waiting for thier buddy ricky

but ya, what could be more canadian then a trailor boys/bob and doug mckenzie persona...the thaught scares me really

 

Eh is part of my vocabulary, I couldn't imagine not using it.
But like most Canadians I use it to seek affirmation.
I'll be like, "The car you saw was white? Eh?"