that's an improper use of the phrase "eh".

YAY CANADA !

South Pole was where all beer was, eh?

yohansen: that's an improper use of the phrase "eh".

Is there such a thing as the proper use of the "phrase "eh""?

peachykn: YAY BLAME CANADA !

Ray is used to this kind of thing: he ran across the Sahara desert a couple of years ago: http://rayzahab.com/.

They did about 1.5 marathons each day, for 111 days straight -- in the sand. If you've ever tried running in sand, you know how tough this is.

It's nice to see someone actually doing something, instead of just talking about it. I think he deserves all the bacon he wants.

"Eh" is used mostly in rhetorical situations. "It's so cold out there I froze my left nut off, eh?"

Zahab was a neighbor of mine, and helped train one of our horses. Neat guy, and gives everthing he does 100%.

Subby used "eh" wrong, eh?

/hoser

With that high calorie diet, they were better able to fight off the Shoggoths.

/TFA didn't mention Shoggoths
/But we know...

Bolo Mk XV: With that high calorie diet, they were better able to fight off the Shoggoths.

/TFA didn't mention Shoggoths
/But we know...

I loled good job sir!

A proper use of "eh" is to turn a declarative sentence into a question. One proper use in the headline would have been:

Bacon. There's nothing it can't do, eh?

bpdisme: yohansen: that's an improper use of the phrase "eh".

Is there such a thing as the proper use of the "phrase "eh""?

Most certainly.

It comes at the end of a declarative statement, but is lifted as an interrogative. To wit: " ... a diet of deep fried bacon, cheese and butter, eh?" This tone invites comment, correction, agreement, reinforcement, assertions of prior knowledge from the listener.

Alternatively, the first line could be left as is, while the second line would be simply, "Bacon, eh?"

Yeah, what Mr. Right said.

I got excited for a minute then realized it wasn't the good kind of bacon, it was canadian bacon :(

Butter your bacon, boy.

oblig

techmom: ZAZ: Canadian bacon or real bacon?

You do realize that it's just called "bacon" here, right?

Just like Chinese food in China, where it is more commonly referred to as "food".

Ball of Confusion: canadian

"Canadian Bacon" = Peameal Bacon or Back Bacon



If you order bacon here it is basically the same as what you are used to.

I'm guessing they also saved time by not having to #2 that much with all the constipation.

/Eat your fibre, kiddies.

barefoot in the head: bpdisme: yohansen: that's an improper use of the phrase "eh".

Is there such a thing as the proper use of the "phrase "eh""?

Most certainly.

It comes at the end of a declarative statement, but is lifted as an interrogative. To wit: " ... a diet of deep fried bacon, cheese and butter, eh?" This tone invites comment, correction, agreement, reinforcement, assertions of prior knowledge from the listener.

Alternatively, the first line could be left as is, while the second line would be simply, "Bacon, eh?"

I came here to say this.

yohansen: that's an improper use of the phrase "eh".

done in one.

yohansen: that's an improper use of the phrase "eh".


I'm am proud that this is the initial comment in this thread.

/suck it, filter

Canadian bacon is to Canadians what Corona is to Mexicans:
Foul stuff that's not consumed in-country, but rather exported where it's viewed as exotic and classy.

I'd go along just for the food.

YOU'RE USING IT WRONG

brewssuds: Canadian bacon is to Canadians what Corona is to Mexicans:
Foul stuff that's not consumed in-country, but rather exported where it's viewed as exotic and classy.

I'm afraid you'll have to revoke your citizenship. Wait a second, you're from Vancouver. Does that even count?

Damnit, I was about to submit this with an At the Mountains of Madness reference! Curse thee subby, curse thee!

If that's all they ate I bet their cholesterol is normal or better.
I proved it to myself with blood tests and a low carb diet.
If all you eat is fat and some protien, you stay warm, satisfied and lose weight AND lower your cholesterol.
Now add a little bit of carbs to that menu and then you turn into a fatass with high cholesterol fast.
/beer really makes it bad and sends triglycerides sky high.

ishus37: brewssuds: Canadian bacon is to Canadians what Corona is to Mexicans:
Foul stuff that's not consumed in-country, but rather exported where it's viewed as exotic and classy.

I'm afraid you'll have to revoke your citizenship. Wait a second, you're from Vancouver. Does that even count?

Of course not. Everyone knows that everything past the Ontario border is essentially unoccupied territory...

Think of the use of "eh?" as Canadians trying to be polite while using slang. You wouldn't want to be too assertive of a fact, would you? That would be rude. Eh allows the person being spoken to to interject a comment, hopefully a positive one, which allows the speaker to continue without stepping on any toes. If the listener disagrees, then would be an appropriate time to tell the speaker to "take off ya hoser".

/Next weeks linguistics lesson: why France-french people hate Quebec-french people when they talk.

Riche: Or does that stuff even build up when you're burning so many calories?

If the calories they're burning are greater than or equal to the calories they consume, the answer is probably no. You need excess cholesterol in the blood stream to cause the buildup of plaque that you're thinking of, but take note of the caveats below.

Hypercholesterolemia is just one risk factor for contracting Coronary artery disease. There are others. EX, smoking.

Did someone say Antartic?

Tekeli-li
/Tekeli-li
//Tekeli-li
///Tekeli-li

Proud to be Canadian, Eh!

brewssuds: Canadian bacon is to Canadians what Corona is to Mexicans:
Foul stuff that's not consumed in-country, but rather exported where it's viewed as exotic and classy.

Americans have some sort of smoked ham product that is often called Canadian bacon, but AFAIK it's not Canadian at all; I think it's a cheap American knockoff of "real" Canadian bacon, i.e. back bacon (which is delicious).

Also, if a Canadian mentions bacon, by default they're referring to "streaky" bacon (same as in the States).

Cook itself?

Once you've perfected self-cooking bacon, then - THEN we can talk.

Canadian team completes fastest trek ever across the Antarctic on a diet of deep fried bacon, cheese and butter. Is there anything bacon can't do, eh?

There's nothing you can't deep fry, eh?