Why Do Canadians Say ‘Eh’?

[stopnswop2]

Idk why people keep saying it's Canadians. Im from Novi and I say it, but I've never met a Canadian that does

[Turkeytop]

Us old timers also remember a Chesterfield as a cigarette.


Which means a Chesterfield was also called a fag on the other side of the big pond.

xxx

[MotorCityRadioFreak]

Us old timers also remember a Chesterfield as a cigarette.


Which means a Chesterfield was also called a fag on the other side of the big pond.

[Turkeytop]

OK. That was bad. I've done what I can to fix it.

[Calvert DeForest]

I always thought it had to do with the name of the country:

C, eh?...N, eh?...D, eh?

As for why southerners say y'all:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Im5ddGwHWuI

[audiophile]

What about:

aboot = about

oot = out

ya-aaah (while inhaling) = yes

loonie = dollar

hydro = electricity

[Turkeytop]

What about:

aboot = about

oot = out

ya-aaah (while inhaling) = yes

loonie = dollar

hydro = electricity

I've never heard anyone say oot or aboot.. Hydro is a holdover from the last century, when most electricity in Ontario was hydroelectric.

Loonie is just a nickname, just as your dollar is sometimes referred to as a greenback.

Looking at a property in Florida once, the seller was puzzled when I mentioned something about eave troughs. The term they use there is gutters.

[audiophile]

Ever been to NB, NS, or NF?

[audiophile]

[audiophile]

[Turkeytop]

Ever been to NB, NS, or NF?

Been to NS and NF.

The Newfies have a unique accent. Sounds a little like Irish.

In Florida once I met a woman who was some kind of professor of linguistics. She said the Canadian accent was very similar to the Wisconsin accent. I've never been to Wisconsin.

I've noticed one thing we say differently. We say roof. Americans pronounce it ruff.

[audiophile]

I think it's closer to Minnesota accent, eh!

I have spent weeks in NF, NS and NB with the locals. Oot and aboot, are common.

Must be a Florida thing, it's roof around here.

[Turkeytop]

I think it's closer to Minnesota accent, eh!

I have spent weeks in NF, NS and NB with the locals. Oot and aboot, are common.

Must be a Florida thing, it's roof around here.

The people from NF have some odd colloquialisms I had to meet with a guy at his home but I couldn't find my way. I called him for directions. He asked me where I was and I told him. He said "Stay where you're to, and I'll come and get you..

There'a mild oath that they utter "Lard tunderin Jaysus" (Lord thundering Jesus.)

[audiophile]

Q: How do you take the deal with the smell of fish over the whole town?

A: We open the windows and it smells like money, eh...

LOL

[Matt]

What about:

aboot = about

oot = out

ya-aaah (while inhaling) = yes

loonie = dollar

hydro = electricity

Petro = gas