What does the end of sentence eh tag mean in Canadian English? It seems like it should mean something. In other languages, final tags can indicate questions or other things.
I use it to mean "okay?" or "right?" or "do you not agree with me?" All more-or-less the same, acha?
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Or it can just mean "What have you got to say to that?", as in "How you like them apples? Eh?" – FumbleFingers Jan 22 '12 at 14:28
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1It's definitely one of mine - despite my mother constantly intoning "'ay is for 'orses!" throughout my youth! :) – FumbleFingers Jan 22 '12 at 17:14
It's a Canadian, not American usage, but I've always considered it the "Anglo" equivalent of the French "n'est-ce pas?" which translates loosely into "isn't it so?"
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1He never said it was American. – user11550 Jan 21 '12 at 18:52
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How do you know that it is British? – user11550 Jan 21 '12 at 18:53
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2It's bog-standard British usage. If Canadians also say it, we didn't get it from them - they got it from us. – FumbleFingers Jan 21 '12 at 20:54
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1@Mitch: Sorry - I was really aiming my comment more at Matt Эллен, who being UK-based would understand it. Bog -standard is another standard British expression meaning - well, "standard". I honestly don't know where the "bog" bit comes from, but it's very common in slightly down-market spoken usage. You wouldn't disagree with that Matt, eh? – FumbleFingers Jan 21 '12 at 21:11