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1100 sats \ 10 comments \ @Coinsreporter 30 Mar 2024 alter_native freebie

All thanks to @grayruby. When I woke up in the morning I saw #485724 and feeling obliged, I read the news of 'Niagara Region declaring state of emergency to prepare for solar eclipse crowds'.

As soon as I finished reading, the initial words were WTF! Recollecting some seriousness, I thought how Canadians would react to such a satirical news. As I have already known that Canadians are the most peaceful and civilized creatures on the planet, I thought they would only whisper an 'eh' and move on to other stories.

Now to return the humour that @grayruby brought me in the morning, I have found that Canadians have a habit of saying 'eh' for anything they listen. The following graph will answer the rest..

Canadians Saying 'Eh' is about 89 times a minute

https://m.stacker.news/24047

American making fun of Canadian 'Eh' is 899 times a minute.

If you think my calculation is incorrect, feel free to recalculate and tell your results in the comments.

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21 sats \ 3 replies \ @grayruby 30 Mar 2024

Sounds about right eh?

20 sats \ 2 replies \ @Coinsreporter OP 30 Mar 2024

Just wanna fact check!

Because you live in Canada, is it true that Canadian overuse 'eh'?

21 sats \ 1 reply \ @grayruby 30 Mar 2024 freebie

Not so much anymore. This is just anecdotal but I have noticed significantly less eh usage in the past decade than when I was a kid. I thought it was just a city thing. With Toronto being so diverse and having so many immigrants who would not have grown up with everyone saying eh all the time. But even when I moved out of the city to a town 2 years ago, I haven't really noticed any uptick in eh usage. I said eh to my wife last week and thought wow I haven't used eh in a non sarcastic form in a long time.

20 sats \ 0 replies \ @Coinsreporter OP 30 Mar 2024

Thanks for clarifying.

1 sat \ 3 replies \ @elvismercury 30 Mar 2024

Yeah it's disappointing. You get all the buildup, but it's like going to a Stones concert and they don't play Satisfaction.

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @Coinsreporter OP 30 Mar 2024

What's disappointing? I didn't get that.

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @elvismercury 30 Mar 2024

The small amount of times Canadians actually say "eh" in real life. I was looking for this and it's so much less.

27 sats \ 0 replies \ @Coinsreporter OP 30 Mar 2024

Alright, I must say I'm not that good at being satirical and funny. But, when I feel that I must share something on SN, I do it with whatever fun I can induce.

1 sat \ 1 reply \ @riberet19 30 Mar 2024

It's like saying "que fuerte" in Spain

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Coinsreporter OP 30 Mar 2024

Thanks for telling.