Hey GF........

[Joebob034]

Do you get AMC in the Yukon Territories? Because they've been showing all 3 parts of the Godfather this week

[Godfather]

I'm not in the Yukon you jerk


I do get AMC Canada but I didn't notice! They kinda seemed to be on some sort of crime movie run. Training day, Goodfellas, Godfather II. Great week

[DemonGeminiX]

Godfather is in a little outpost in the farthest northern reaches of Nunavut.

He wrestles polar bears for food.

[Godfather]

Yeah..... wrestles

Kids, leave mommy and daddy alone... they're....wrestling

[Joebob034]

that's what I always thought

[Hal-9000]

hey GF aren't you near Baffin Island? I heard all you Canadians live near there

[Godfather]

Ya pretty much, like... 20 minute canoe ride

I work there at Tim Horton's headquarters.

[Hal-9000]

I take the beaver for short jaunts

[Godfather]

Nice

Fuggin' beavers wrecked my igloo last night... I threw nickels at them. They didn't catch the irony

[Hal-9000]

Nice

Fuggin' beavers wrecked my igloo last night... I threw nickels at them. They didn't catch the irony

fook man are you here all week? shows at 7 and 9????

[Godfather]

Try the donuts, tip your waitresses... with toonies

[Hal-9000]

what are you goin on aboot ,eh?


take off

*damn, that one's old

[Joebob034]

how many cups of syrup do you drink a day?

[Godfather]

We should give a lesson on how to use 'eh'. I think people think we just say it arbitrarily, but its usage is something you can give definition to for sure! The smaller communities not so much, but when dealing with Canadians for business it'd be helpful to know how to use it formally

1. Unlike in media mocking us, 'eh' isn't an elongated "A" sound. It's quick, short word. Think of how fast you say the word "stay" and then lose the "st"

2. You need to think of 'eh' as a question or statement with tangible meaning. It could be roughly translate to: "what do you think" or "am I right?" or "don't you agree." And it can be used as a matter of fact/statement like a stern "Ok?"

Example: "Turn left here eh?" - Meaning: "I turn left here correct?"


3. Often times we're inaccurately depicted as using it extremely arbitrarily.

Incorrect example: "We are at home, eh." or "This is a chair eh."

While both examples could potentially be used telling a story in past-tense or to correct someone - they are not generally used in the present tense. Meaning, you may be telling a story that goes:

"So [yesterday] I'm at home eh, and a grizzly busts down my door!"

You would not turn to a person beside you and go: "I sitting, eh." Unless the person happened to not know or was mistaken and didn't realize it. What would work is as follows:

Example:
"Hey Bob, pass me that cup of pop"
[You could respond, if they were incorrect in a part of that statement]
"That's not pop, it's Rye eh"


It's usage is, while ridiculous, slightly less moronic. It's quite a simple but not meaningless quip. If anything, it saves a few obvious words that would otherwise be needed to turn a statement into a question
Example: "Man it's cold out eh?" or "The Canucks sure are doing well eh?"

And as earlier mentioned, it can be used sternly:
Example: You're not getting a new sled eh. You lost the last one in a week son.

4. Canadians do not generally integrate it more than once into what you would re-write as a single paragraph. We would not use it as follows:

"So I'm at Tim horton's eh. And this guy comes up to me and wants some change eh? But I don't have any change eh. So I said, I have no change eh. And he got all mad eh."

Instead, you might hear as follows. "I'm vacationing in Florida next week, eh!? I'm taking my family for a week. We're leaving next weekend but it's a surprise so don't mention anything."


6. Most importantly... we don't realize we do it. Usually we slip in a quick 'eh' while traveling to the United States, and when a friendly American points it out, we have to think about where exactly we used it. It's built in like Maple Syrup. And as funny as it may be, pointing it out isn't a tourist attraction. We won't take offense, but we don't particularly care either

That's about it.

[Teh One Who Knocks]