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eh
used after a positive statement without any suggestion of questioning AUSTRALIA
Usage after virtually every positive statement a speaker makes is characteristic of many speakers of both New Zealand and northern Australia.- “They must sling to the cops, eh?” commented Gabriel with a knowing wink, and the waiter grinned. — Vince Kelly, The Bogeyman, p. 33, 1956
- Like that, eh! — W.R. Bennett, Wingman, p. 70, 1961
- You have read my files, eh. — Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, p. 343, 1994
- “Hot enough for ya, is it eh?” he said. Rocker was from Queensland, he said “eh” after everything. — Phillip Gwynne, Deadly Unna?, p. 140, 1998
- “Can’t she see I’m on the black? Tell her I’m on me way, eh.” — Phillip Gwynne, Deadly Unna?, p. 158, 1998
- Thanks, eh. — Lonely Planet Southern Africa, 2000
- Spent a year in Brisbane. One guy up there in particular was so bad every sentence finished with “eh”. I went home to NSW and my mate laughed at how much I used it. I must have picked it up temporarily. — Wordmap (www.abc.net.au/wordmap), 2003
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