Is it true that Canadian love to end sentences with "eh"?

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Karen C

Some of us do and some of us don't. I try to be selective and use it when talking to Americans - they expect it and if they come to my country to spend their tourist dollars, why disappoint them.
It can mean a lot of things.
1. Nice weather, eh? = nice weather, don't you think.
2. Beautiful hairdo, eh? = beautiful hairdo and if you do not agree I will deck you.
3. You are coming to Ottawa on your trip, eh? = You are coming to Ottawa on your trip. aren't you?
Etc etc etc

Pyar: Canadians have a great sense of humour. So all American's with a sense of humour, Come on Up! Pyar, stay home, eh! (see meaning #2) LMAO

Caroline J

Yes, but of course not all sentences. Many countries tack on an extra word at the end of sentences, for example:

Nice day, yes?
Nice day, no?
Nice day, huh?
Nice day, what?
Nice day, hey?
Nice day, eh?

I suspect your country uses one of those.

Mitch C

Americans: "Those are some pretty nice shoes, huh?"
Canadians: "Those are some pretty nice shoes, eh?" It's a casual way to end a sentence it's not used as extensively as you might think. I don't see what all the fuss is about..

thinkingtime

Might have been once. Online it's a Canadian insider joke, eh?

tinker.bell18@rocketmail.com

LOL no we do not finish EVERYTHING with Eh, Only somethings when we are asking a Question, and they dont answer Right away. As you said its only a StereoType. But we do say it just not as offten as people think we do.

ryanz4

I hear a lot of Americans and Brits say "eh" also, so I don't know why Canadians are always pegged as saying "eh"

Zelda

We really do that, at least a little. They exaggerate it on silly television shows.

Franz Karl

Of course its true... have you never been north ... ? better then hunnnnnnn

Leah

we don't LOVE to end sentences with eh....but we do sometimes. as do americans and lots of other cultures when you listen to them talk. i guess canadians just used it a couple extra times and people decided to start making t-shirts and comedy routines about it. i don't know exactly how to describe the "proper" use... but when i say eh it ends sentences like:

"I know, eh!?"

"It's good, eh?"

I guess it's kind of like a short way of saying, "we're in agreement, right?"

stratus_31

Yes it's true.

It means the equivalent of Americans saying.......
huh

Stereotypes are stereotyped for a reason huh.

Joyce D

heheh it's true eh? :) yeah I do that a lot.. when I agree with what someone says ... it's like 'huh' .

Anne.A

Umm I'm a Canadian and I don't end sentences with 'eh'.
Some do, mostly the old people.
'eh' is just an expression i guess.

Pyar

Eh. I don't know . but sometimes they start their sentences that way ....
Stay out of Canada til you get over it ... They don't like being laughed at, eh.

Taylor B

yes totally

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