Interrogative sentence conclusion.

[Oscar]

Pah. Pfff. That may be all well and good for Canadians, they are strange anyway, it is the effect of being buried under ice and snow for 11 months of the year.

But in Godzone, eh and aye are cognate. Eh is the conditional interrogative, seeking affirmation of a suggestion. Aye is the affirmative.

As in

"Bugger me, but I'm drier than an abo's arsehole. What say we knock off for a quick one , eh?"

"Aye , I'm all for that. "

You seem somewhat confused...your examples agree with my post.
Notwithstanding that, "eh" and "aye" as you use them are completely different words with very different pronunciation.

My point has nowt to do with Canucks - it goes to people using "aye" spelling where they mean actually "eh".

[avgas]

your not in Guatemala anymore Dr Ropata!

[gijoe1313]

Arrr Aye aye me hearties, shiver me timbers eh? It's an aye for an aye, but we all see eye to eye on that ho ho! It's a fair wind that blows to Jamaica, where I left me girl in Kingston town, but I'm sad ta' say, I'm on my way, won't be back for many a day ...

I reckon its all needle nardle noo anyhow eh, but then its all aye and nay for ever eh?

[Oscar]

Arrr Aye aye me hearties, shiver me timbers eh? It's an aye for an aye, but we all see eye to eye on that ho ho! It's a fair wind that blows to Jamaica, where I left me girl in Kingston town, but I'm sad ta' say, I'm on my way, won't be back for many a day ...

I reckon its all needle nardle noo anyhow eh, but then its all aye and nay for ever eh?

Aye aye Skipper!
Avast our arguing and splice the mainbrace!

[martybabe]

We use it uniquely in New Zealand

Not strictly true I'm afraid, It was and is, in common use in the British Channel Isles. It has been tediously tagged on the end of almost every sentence spoken there, since before Canada and New Zealand were colonised by the British.

Before Becoming Part of the British Islands, the channel Islanders spoke French, then their own language, a mixture of French and English, Then finally, English. This would tie in with the text above in that, it is, in all probability, Derived from The French Language eh.

i.e. We surrender eh?

[jrandom]

One comes from the "spelt" school.

's a fuckin' cereal and that's all there is to it.

And the BDOTGNZA applauds the interrogative campaign, eh!

'Eh' is interrogative, 'aye' is an affirmation of expected concord in the listener.

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.

[Oscar]

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.

Interesting.

How would you pronounce it?

a' or eye (as in "aye aye, Captain")?

[jrandom]

Interesting.
How would you pronounce it?

a' or eye (as in "aye aye, Captain")?

a', like the Urban Maoris do. Not 'eye' as in "aye aye, Cap'n".

'Aye' is just a convenient spelling.

Welcome to the English language, ladies and gentlemen; please leave your sanity at the door.

[Oscar]

a', like the Urban Maoris do. Not 'eye' as in "aye aye, Cap'n".

'Aye' is just a convenient spelling.

Welcome to the English language, ladies and gentlemen; please leave your sanity at the door.

Yeah, I've heard that word used by Maori.
It's very similar (but not identical) in usage and pronunciation to the English "eh".
I wonder how it's spelled/spelt in te Reo?

[jrandom]

It's very similar (but not identical) in usage and pronunciation to the English "eh".

Hence why, when using it in Ngati WINZ fashion, I acknowledge that by spelling it differently.

I wonder how it's spelled/spelt in te Reo?

I think it's one of those 'crossover' words, deserving of a dictionary entry in both languages. Te Reo not being a written language (outside of the last 150 years or so), I guess you could spell it with whatever Roman characters took your phonetic fancy.

[Big Dave]

I had one. Wagon. Beige with a white roof. Had Torana chromies and a 192 long engine.

[Patrick]

So what about "ay" then... eh??

[Oscar]

So what about "ay" then... eh??

The problem is that "ay" or "aye" is correctly pronounced "eye", and means an answer in the affirmative..

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

[xwhatsit]

a', like the Urban Maoris do. Not 'eye' as in "aye aye, Cap'n".

'Aye' is just a convenient spelling.

Nah, that's fucked. Pick another spelling. `Aye' is already another word with another pronunciation.

[jrandom]

`Aye' is already another word with another pronunciation.

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