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===Rest of the world=== ''Eh?'' used to solicit agreement or confirmation is also heard regularly amongst speakers in [[Australia]], [[Trinidad and Tobago]]<ref>{{Cite tweet |author=Keevan |user=keevotv |number=1530318626481479682 |date=May 27, 2022 |title=Trinis and Eh... |access-date=June 5, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=eh |url=http://wiwords.com/word/eh |access-date=June 5, 2022 |website=Wiwords.com |language=en}}</ref> and the [[United Kingdom]] (where it is sometimes spelled [[Wiktionary:ay|''ay'']] on the assumption that ''eh'' would rhyme with [[Wiktionary:heh|''heh'']] or [[Wiktionary:meh|''meh'']]). In the [[Caribbean]] island of [[Barbados]] the word ''nuh'' acts similarly, as does ''noh'' in [[Surinamese Dutch]] and [[Sranantongo]]. The usage in [[New Zealand]] is similar, and is more common in the [[North Island]].{{cn|date=March 2024}} It is also heard in the [[United States]], especially [[Minnesota]], [[Wisconsin]], the [[Upper Peninsula of Michigan]] (although the [[North Germanic languages|Scandinavian]]-based [[Yooper dialect|Yooperism]] ''ya'' is more common), [[Oklahoma]], and the [[New England]] region. In [[New England]] and [[Oklahoma]], it is also used as a general exclamation as in Scotland and the Channel Islands of [[Jersey]] and [[Guernsey]]. It is occasionally used to express indifference, in a similar way to ''[[meh]]''. Since usage of the word ''eh'' is not as common in the United States as it is in Canada, it is often used by Americans, and indeed Canadians themselves, to [[parody]] [[Canadian English]]. The equivalent in [[South African English]] is ''hey''. This usage is also common in [[Western Canada]]. ''Eh'' is also used in [[Channel Island English#Guernsey English|Guernsey English]] and [[Channel Island English#Guernsey English|Jersey English]]. ''Eh'' is very common in the [[English language|English]] spoken in the [[Seychelles]]. In Singapore, the use of medium [[Singlish]] often includes ''eh'' as an interjection, but it is not as popularly used as ''lah''. An example of a sentence that uses ''eh'' is "Dis guy Singlish damn good eh", meaning "this guy's Singlish is very good". Similar to Singapore, Malaysia also uses ''eh'' in [[Manglish]] as an interjection. It is also used as an exclamation to express surprise, depending on the length and context of the ''eh''. It also depends how one sounds uses it as a short ''eh'' can be a sarcastic shock or a genuine one. Sometimes it can be used as the equivalent as ''oi'' when the speaker is being angry to the listener such as "Eh, hello!?" or "Eh, can you not!?". A long ''eeeh'' can be a disgusted shock, annoyance, or greater surprise. The ''eh'' usage here is similar to the Japanese usage. It is used by all Malaysians regardless of what language they are using.
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