Author of the linked article here. If you're implying that I manufactured the "eh"s, you are mistaken, they were in the transcript of the cockpit voice recorder. If you are implying that I intentionally left them in for comedic value, I cannot argue with that.
Indeed, thank you for your attention to that detail. I would expect that cockpit recordings from Yanks would have plenty of sentences ending in "Huh?", as in "Ya remembered ta turn that switch off, huh?"
Sorry eh, but that's actually how we talk ya hoser.
Somewhat less prevalent in BC, or Quebec (francophones), but yes.
It's often challenged my capacity to keep a straight face when it reaches self-parodying levels.
I mean, it's in the name of the country, even.
C eh N eh D eh
I'll be honest with you, like, totally, gag me with a spoon, know whut I mean?
in my experience it is how both real and imaginary Canadians talk
Usually when people parody Canadians they get the "eh" completely wrong.