Interrogative sentence conclusion.

**Ocean1** · 24th September 2008, 23:10

Originally Posted by jrandom

'Aye' is just a convenient spelling.

I first came across that quite recently, American gangsta context.

I've seen it used incorrectly in so many contexts since it gives me the shits.

I grew up with "Aye" = affermative, so I'll stick with that.

Besides, gangstaspeak? frayed knot...

**Forest** · 24th September 2008, 23:19

Hay is for horses, not for people.

**Big Dave** · 24th September 2008, 23:21

Originally Posted by jrandom

Tell that to 'bow' and 'bow', 'buffet' and 'buffet', 'sake' and 'sake'...

Well i'll just hom on im here.

As long as there are no hom o phones we'll be suite.

**Hitcher** · 25th September 2008, 08:49

Originally Posted by jrandom

I agree with Ixion in tentatively supporting the emerging Antipodean use of 'aye' as a generic terminator of statements in the Canadian manner; I write it thus myself.

This issue here is the pronunciation/spelling, eh. If the two were pronounced the same way, you may have a point. They're not, eh.

**Oscar** · 25th September 2008, 09:42

Originally Posted by Hitcher

This issue here is the pronunciation/spelling, eh. If the two were pronounced the same way, you may have a point. They're not, eh.

Aye Lad, that's the problem, eh?

**gijoe1313** · 25th September 2008, 10:00

If the plural of mouse is mice, then the logic of house as hice follows! "That be a nice row of hice there!" we could always table that logic on a table and table the results for a meeting. Oh look, a canoe ... what, no clue?

**Big Dave** · 25th September 2008, 10:18

Only parts of the Antipodes are thus afflicted. Hey.

**vifferman** · 25th September 2008, 10:27

Originally Posted by Big Dave

Only parts of the Antipodes are thus afflicted. Hey.

Yeah, the Podes are quite well, huh?

**ManDownUnder** · 25th September 2008, 10:28

Jeezus - thats it. I'm sticking to "wot?" for questions, and "coz I said so" for confirmation - "coz I said so"!

**vifferman** · 25th September 2008, 10:32

Originally Posted by ManDownUnder

Jeezus - thats it. I'm sticking to "wot?" for questions, and "coz I said so" for confirmation - "coz I said so"!

Just "Coz!" would do.

**avgas** · 25th September 2008, 10:41

wye mn see

**Badjelly** · 25th September 2008, 10:44

Originally Posted by Oscar

The word we are discussing, an interrogative at the end of a sentence (in Maori or English) is "eh".

I'm not convinced it is normally used in New Zealand in an interrogative sense. When people say it, they tend to keep the tone flat, rather than lifting is as you would if you were asking a question. I agree the best spelling is "eh", though this suggests (to me) a somewhat shorter vowel than is used in NZ.

Yeah nah.

**Oscar** · 25th September 2008, 11:16

Originally Posted by Badjelly

I'm not convinced it is normally used in New Zealand in an interrogative sense. When people say it, they tend to keep the tone flat, rather than lifting is as you would if you were asking a question. I agree the best spelling is "eh", though this suggests (to me) a somewhat shorter vowel than is used in NZ.

Yeah nah.

The Canucks use it with an rising inflection*, and it's definitely an interrogative.
"What do you think of Ice Hockey, eh?"

Whereas some Kiwis use it in that fashion, I agree it is mostly used as a declarative ending.

*The rising inflection at the end of sentence (which is particularly bad in Sydney), has crossed the Tasman, and is fucking annoying in my humble opinion.