h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

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Boots

I'm imagining most of my fellow Brits scratching their heads and saying "Eh, wot's 'e on about?". Not only had I not heard the stereotype until I'd been in Canada a long while, but I'm quite surprised to be told that I say "wot" all the time.

However, having been here long enough to have lots of Canadians tell me that they say "eh" a lot, I take the point. In fact I recently read "How to be a Canadian", which had a whole load of linguistic gubbins about the word "eh" in what appears to have been the only actual research the authors did.

P.S. Lots (not most, but lots) of Canadians do say "aboot". Then they refuse to believe they said it. Perhaps I should take a tape recorder so's I can play it back to them.

As a Brit, I am aware of this stereotype, but only because I've seen it used for comic effect on American sitcoms. Characters are recognisable as Canadian if they say 'eh' at regular intervals, and apparently it's very funny.

By coincidence, American sitcoms are the only place where I've heard British people saying 'wot, wot, wot'.

You think you're pretty clever, huh?

Some Australians use 'ay', ay.

Usually the type that have the broader accent. Not me (,ay?).

Is the only accurate interpretation of the currently wielded british lexicon.
Nice day, wot? etc are limited in their use to badly researched (and produced) american sit-coms, and the Jane Austin back-catalogue (un-edited version).
Come on dude, get your facts straight, eh?

And also extremely funny Asterix cartoons...

I use them all, what ho; how can us britsh fok be banded with such, whats the word... nucience. I find it perpexing that you would turn a one word question into some sort of cury of lanuage,

very good, laughed alot. wot;

-- DoctorMO --

I had been offline for a few days, eh, so I was delighted to see so many fine folk had dropped by, wot.
Huh! Thank you all ay! .
Right on.


~jwf~

ha ha ha, eh?
delightful defense.

In Liverpool it is compulsory to end every sentence with "you know". Scots say "aye" and "aha" a lot, but never "hooots man". That belongs with "wot wot wot" in mythology. Geordies do actually say "Why aye man", at least when they've had a few . Since I've lived in all these parts of the UK I can say that with some certainty