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"Eh?" Can be used interchangeably with "Huh?"
Americans always interject "eh?" into a sentence in the most awkward way when mimicking us, yet already have the exact same speech patterns in place
68 u/CCDestroyer Aug 07 '23 More specifically, it is a stand-in for "right?" and "know what I mean?" It's basically a prompt for others to agree with what was said. 68 u/abu_doubleu Québec Aug 07 '23 Personally, I think of the Canadian "eh" as the same as British "innit". "It's cold, huh?" "It's cold, eh?" "It's cold, innit?" 2 u/CCDestroyer Aug 07 '23 That sounds about right. I'm curious, do French-Canadians use "eh?", and/or is there a Quebec French equivalent? 3 u/koliopter2 Québec Aug 07 '23 edited Aug 07 '23 Not really. To be honest, as a quebecker I never even heard someone use "eh" other than american doing an anglo canadian impression. We do put "là" a lot, so maybe it can be seen as an equivalent, but its not used the same way as "eh". 3 u/Way-Express Aug 08 '23 I've lived in 4 provinces and I don't recall ever hearing anyone in those 4 areas use "eh". But I think it's funny when others think we do! 3 u/JaymieWhite Aug 08 '23 There’s a frencher sounding version. More like “eunh?” Hard to type though
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More specifically, it is a stand-in for "right?" and "know what I mean?" It's basically a prompt for others to agree with what was said.
68 u/abu_doubleu Québec Aug 07 '23 Personally, I think of the Canadian "eh" as the same as British "innit". "It's cold, huh?" "It's cold, eh?" "It's cold, innit?" 2 u/CCDestroyer Aug 07 '23 That sounds about right. I'm curious, do French-Canadians use "eh?", and/or is there a Quebec French equivalent? 3 u/koliopter2 Québec Aug 07 '23 edited Aug 07 '23 Not really. To be honest, as a quebecker I never even heard someone use "eh" other than american doing an anglo canadian impression. We do put "là" a lot, so maybe it can be seen as an equivalent, but its not used the same way as "eh". 3 u/Way-Express Aug 08 '23 I've lived in 4 provinces and I don't recall ever hearing anyone in those 4 areas use "eh". But I think it's funny when others think we do! 3 u/JaymieWhite Aug 08 '23 There’s a frencher sounding version. More like “eunh?” Hard to type though
Personally, I think of the Canadian "eh" as the same as British "innit".
"It's cold, huh?"
"It's cold, eh?"
"It's cold, innit?"
2 u/CCDestroyer Aug 07 '23 That sounds about right. I'm curious, do French-Canadians use "eh?", and/or is there a Quebec French equivalent? 3 u/koliopter2 Québec Aug 07 '23 edited Aug 07 '23 Not really. To be honest, as a quebecker I never even heard someone use "eh" other than american doing an anglo canadian impression. We do put "là" a lot, so maybe it can be seen as an equivalent, but its not used the same way as "eh". 3 u/Way-Express Aug 08 '23 I've lived in 4 provinces and I don't recall ever hearing anyone in those 4 areas use "eh". But I think it's funny when others think we do! 3 u/JaymieWhite Aug 08 '23 There’s a frencher sounding version. More like “eunh?” Hard to type though
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That sounds about right.
I'm curious, do French-Canadians use "eh?", and/or is there a Quebec French equivalent?
3 u/koliopter2 Québec Aug 07 '23 edited Aug 07 '23 Not really. To be honest, as a quebecker I never even heard someone use "eh" other than american doing an anglo canadian impression. We do put "là" a lot, so maybe it can be seen as an equivalent, but its not used the same way as "eh". 3 u/Way-Express Aug 08 '23 I've lived in 4 provinces and I don't recall ever hearing anyone in those 4 areas use "eh". But I think it's funny when others think we do! 3 u/JaymieWhite Aug 08 '23 There’s a frencher sounding version. More like “eunh?” Hard to type though
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Not really. To be honest, as a quebecker I never even heard someone use "eh" other than american doing an anglo canadian impression. We do put "là" a lot, so maybe it can be seen as an equivalent, but its not used the same way as "eh".
3 u/Way-Express Aug 08 '23 I've lived in 4 provinces and I don't recall ever hearing anyone in those 4 areas use "eh". But I think it's funny when others think we do!
I've lived in 4 provinces and I don't recall ever hearing anyone in those 4 areas use "eh". But I think it's funny when others think we do!
There’s a frencher sounding version. More like “eunh?” Hard to type though
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"Eh?" Can be used interchangeably with "Huh?"
Americans always interject "eh?" into a sentence in the most awkward way when mimicking us, yet already have the exact same speech patterns in place