where'd it come from, eh?

[JM_]

Interesting article on the origin of "eh" - http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/origins-of-eh-canadians-1.4115715

 

I'm just glad we didn't adopt the American use of "huh". Eh is much more refined. 

[Tre Mac]

"I'm from Canada and they think I'm slow, eh?"

[JM_]

2 minutes ago, Tre Mac said:

"I'm from Canada and they think I'm slow, eh?"

huh? 

 

 

[smithers joe]

jolly good old chap.

[Team Bagues]

Take off, eh!

[JM_]

12 minutes ago, Team Bagues said:

Take off, eh!

 

don't spill your stubby on my chesterfield you hoser. 

[Master 112]

there's a letter whose pronunciation is phonetically similar and one was derived from the other

 

a <--> eh

 

it's a linguistics thing

[smithers joe]

that is right y'all. 

[luckylager]

2 hours ago, Team Bagues said:

Take off, eh!

 

[J-23]

Am I doing it right, eh?

[Ghostsof1915]

 

[riffraff]

We say "you're welcome"

 

yanks say "uh huh"

[luckylager]

DP

[luckylager]

1 hour ago, riffraff said:

We say "you're welcome"

 

yanks say "uh huh"

[Toni Zamboni]

y'got a lake in yer boot eh bye?

[JM_]

2 hours ago, riffraff said:

We say "you're welcome"

 

yanks say "uh huh"

that freaked me out the 1st time I went to Vegas, I thought I had pissed off the waitress or something 

[riffraff]

2 hours ago, S'all Good Man said:

that freaked me out the 1st time I went to Vegas, I thought I had pissed off the waitress or something 

Totally.

 

generally it's an understated almost dismissive tone so you don't know if you've offended when you're not used to it.

[ynwa]

In England, they ended the sentence with "innit". The first few times people said this to me I thought they were inviting my opinion, so off I went pontificating on whatever the subject was until I realized by the looks I was getting and the slowly diminishing audience that perhaps I'd better shut up eh. 

[riffraff]

Out fer a rip eh 

[Roger Neilsons Towel]

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