EH= pronounced AY (similar but not the same as huh)
Eh is a useful word that is very important and is the basis of all Canadian
communications.It is used in conjunction with other words, or simply by
itself. The tone or the slight difference in exclamations also changes
the meaning.
Eh= what did you say?
Eh?= what do you think
EH?= something to say just to end a sentence
Eh!!= WOW!!
EH!?= what do you mean?
Eh??= your joking!!!??
EH!!= Hello..you off in the distance!!!
Eh?= want a donut?
Eh!= sure!!
Eh!Eh!= coffee double cream too please!
Eh?= what you say when you realize you have no money to pay for it
Eh..cmon eh?= asking them to let you pay for it next time.
hey..eh!= want to go to the drive in movie??
Eh...uhuh= yes sure!
Eh..y'know= Ill pick you up at 8
Eh..cmon!!= well thats early..but ok
Eh..wanna?eh?= lets fool around
EHHHHHHH= sounds coming from the car
hey..um..er eh...= Im pregnant
EH?????????= how did that happen?
EHHehhEHHehhEHHH= sounds from the delivery room
EHHH ehh EHHH ehh= babys first cry
Ehh..whadya think eh?= marry me
dnc.net
“What it is, the way Canadians use it, is a politeness marker. So when it comes up at the end of an assertion, it has a rising intonation, eH? And what the person who says it is trying to do is elicit your support -- in general, include you in the conversation. “It saves the person from making a bald assertion and instead allows the person to bring you in as a participant in the assertion. So it's a politeness marker. Canadians are, of course, renouned for being polite. Not rude, that is.” The fact is, he added, every other English-speaking nation uses eh in much the same way. “But the concensus is that Canadians use it more frequently, so it becomes associated with Canadians.
geocities.com
Can't find the origin, but here's a Canadian-to-yanqui dictionary -
home.istar.ca
Quite often 'pues' is used in México in much the same way, sort of 'end of transmission, over to you'. |
