eh

Spoken interjection in English

Eh is a spoken interjection used in many varieties of English that is similar in meaning to "Excuse me?," "Please repeat that", or "Huh?". It is also commonly used as an alternative to the question tag right?, i.e., method for inciting a reply, as in "It's nice here, eh?". In North America, it is most commonly associated with Canada and Canadian English, and the area stretching from northern Wisconsin up to Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Similar interjections exist in other languages, such as Dutch, Azerbaijani, Armenian, Hokkien Chinese, Japanese, French, Finnish, Italian, German, Greek, Hebrew, Malay, Malaysian English, Singapore English, Spanish, Persian, Portuguese, Arabic, Turkish, Swahili, Korean, Catalan and Filipino.

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