Hey! We only say "eh?", when it's totally, like, necessary, eh?

And mostly only in, like, Ontario, eh? ;-)

The expression "eh?" denotes a mild level of concern as to whether the other person has fully understood what one has just said to them. (eh?) It's also a sort of a friendly overture, an icebreaker, if you will. It conveys a sense of mutually shared and common values.

Examples:

"So, how's it goin', eh?"

"Okay, eh? How ya doin' yerself?"

"Not bad, eh? You from around here?"

"No...I'm from, like, Sudbury, eh?"

"Oh yeah? I been to Sudbury a coupla times, eh? I even seen the Big Nickel, eh?"

"Decent! Yeah, if ya visit my town ya gotta see the Big Nickel. It's made of real nickel from the mines, eh?"

"I guess ya could buy quite a few beer with that nickel, eh?"

"No kiddin'! I betcha that Ricky and Julian and, like, Bubbles are gonna try stealin' it fer, like, beer money in one of their new movies, eh?"

"Yeah, probally...them guys will try anything, eh?"

(Both laugh at the thought of the Trailer Park Boys attempting to make off with the Big Nickel...ease and mutual understanding has now been achieved between two Canadians who didn't know each other 5 minutes ago, but who are now well on the way toward hoisting a few cold ones at the local sports bar and checking out the waitresses.)

And so on. Our Ontarian cultural life is astonishingly rich, olddude. You must come here some time and see it for yourself if you have not already done so.