The stereotypical question tag "eh?" is being supplanted by the quasi-High Rising Terminal "right?", because Canadian kids associate saying "eh?" with being unsophisticated.
The truth of the matter is the word "eh" is merely looking for agreement or, mostly (I believe) validation for the speaker by turning a declarative statement into an interrogative one...
Right?
How polite and inclusive of me, isn't it?
I truly love how Canadians, Yoopers and Minnesotans speak. Beats the hell of my New Joisey - Eastern PA hybrid accent... that I can't escape... though my time in Illinois did bring some new inflections to my speech... being in western PA, not so much.
I hate how they speak out here... they leave words out of sentences i.e. "My watch stopped working and needs fixed" as opposed to the NORMAL way to say it, "My watch has stopped working and it needs to be fixed". It's subtle, but grates on my BIG TIME.
Don't even get me started with those Pittsburghers with their "YOONZ".
Fuhgeddaboutit! [eh?]
I once met a girl from New Jersey who said that she never heard her home state referred to as “Joisey” until she moved to California.
Young people in Canada are also dropping the “zed” in favor of the Americanized “zee”. Causing much angst to their elders.
Eh ???