Why do Canadians always say "Ay"?

[FunkyMcGunk]

I don't know, but I'm sure someone here can clear that up.

[XBOX_JEDI]

i thought it as "eh"

[FunkyMcGunk]

Either way, why do they say it? All the time, after every single sentece, it's ay/eh ALL THE TIME ay/eh.

[KodiaX987]

The answer is simple, my friend: They don't!

Case closed. >:

[ABDUR101]

..it's called dialect. :

It's just in with how they talk, so it's normal. It's like this all over the world, depending on where you go, people will have different things they add in or with how they talk.

[FunkyMcGunk]

Are you certain Abdur ay/eh?

[Rotis]

Aww, my old orch director was Canadian... he didn't have much of an accent, but every now and then he'd throw in a little "eh?" at the end of a sentence, which delighted us to no end <g>

[Edit: Ahahah! Freudian slip! Thanks for catching that gypsy, I never would've noticed otherwise... this is why I need to go to sleep now...]

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[XBOX_JEDI]

On 2002-06-20 20:41, ABDUR101 wrote:
..it's called dialect. :

It's just in with how they talk, so it's normal. It's like this all over the world, depending on where you go, people will have different things they add in or with how they talk.


cool u said somethiung smart im about to take this big ass logo off before im flamed

[gypsy]

lmao, surely you mean accent Rotis..

[Dabra]

I never heard myself say that. Seriously.

It's like a picture. Eevery time you picture canada you think cold, winter, esquimos, north pole, santa claus, beavers, mooses and people saying "eh?".

I'm telling it aint cold here (where i live), we're not close to the north pole (well closer than you, yes), i dont have any esquimos ramming in my door begging for food, santa dont exist here, beavers and moose dont livein citys, and i dont say EH!!!

[FunkyMcGunk]

There's a moose in your sig, ay.

[Dabra]

Yea well...YOUR A TEXAN!

hey buoy, fetch yor ol' man a beer will ya?

hey ma, why dont ya chop the turkey and make us boys a stew.

[FunkyMcGunk]

Got that right!

[XBOX_JEDI]

lol im not even gonna tell u where i live u would really have something to make fun of lol

71 post..where does the time go?


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[Dabra]

Let me guess....you smoke fags? if you are who i think you are you should understand that expression..

[Ian D]

I know some Canadian people and I have yet to hear them say 'ey. It's kind of prejudice thinking all Canadians say that when it's just a select few. I mean, Americans talk different depending on what part of the country your on.

[ABDUR101]

...damnit..I thought my post would spur a "stupid american stereotype" by Rotis..but..she must have been too tired to start it :

YOU DAMN AMELICANS AND YOUR STUPID STEREOTYPES!!

[gypsy]

On 2002-06-20 20:55, Dabra_Shenrox wrote:
I never heard myself say that. Seriously.



On 2002-06-20 20:55, Dabra_Shenrox wrote: people saying "eh?".


On 2002-06-20 20:55, Dabra_Shenrox wrote:
i dont say EH!!!



On 2002-06-20 20:55, Dabra_Shenrox wrote:
EH!!!

[Guile]

I thought ay was scottish?!

[Moo2u]

Which gose back to my theory, the whole world needs to see some Molson Canadian beer ads!

"Oh right, office Glen, he's dead."

Hehe, you other Canadians know what I'm talkin' about! http://www.pso-world.com/psoworld/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif

[Kent]

Just like they say "aboot" instead of "about".
j/k (sorry about that one...)

Dialects differ between regions all over the world (duh). After living in Minnesota for eight years, and then moving to Mississippi with my mother, I thought everyone here talked like they had either speech impediments or payed no attention in English class. Up in Minnesota, we were taught to speak properly and completely sound out words. But here in the south, people talk fast, oft slurring thier speech and using terms very different than what I was used to hearing (i.e. they use "tight" instead of "cool", although they still use the word "cool", they use it in an entirely different manner).

It all depends on the region and the people living there.

[LieutenantDwAnGStick]

iwhen visiting alberta (thats canada) all the people say eh..

people in minnesota have accents but its very light, i could hardly tell

people in the south are a mess.. case closed http://www.pso-world.com/psoworld/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_razz.gif

as for ISBTU, he has a JOWY-ZEE accent (thats jersey if you have a different dielect)

[Sleet1]

aboot is my favorite!! i say it just to be kewl haha. what aboot the pie?? what aboot my diaper?? heh yeah im a little tired. I live in NEbraska...can anyone make fun of that for me? i hate it here

[DeathCheese87]

ive been living in tennessee all of my life, and im not some hillbilly/redneck. everyone i know speaks without errors, and they dont slur words. neither do i. to be honest, im VERY sick of sterotypes. i tell someone that im from tennessee, and i get all kinds of crap...oy

[Sleet1]

my grandma lives in Tennesse, and the stereotypes are 100% true http://www.pso-world.com/psoworld/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_smile.gif no joke.