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The tag ''[[eh?]]'' is of Scottish origin,<ref>Miller, Jim (2004c) Scottish English: Morphology and Syntax. In B. Kortmann and E. Schneider (eds) ''A Handbook of Varieties of English''. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter 47-72.</ref> and can be heard across much of Scotland, New Zealand,<ref>{{Cite journal|title = Sounds pretty ethnic, eh?: A pragmatic particle in New Zealand English|journal = Language in Society|date = 1994-06-01|issn = 1469-8013|pages = 367–388|volume = 23|issue = 3|doi = 10.1017/S0047404500018029|first = Miriam|last = Meyerhoff| s2cid=145168799 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|title = "Ah lovely stuff, eh?"—invariant tag meanings and usage across three varieties of English|url = http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/rodopi/lang/2009/00000071/00000001/art00006|journal = Language and Computers|date = 2009-11-01|pages = 85–102|volume = 71|issue = 1|first = Georgie|last = Columbus}}</ref> Canada<ref>{{Cite thesis|title = A thesis on eh|url = https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/831/items/1.0093718|doi = 10.14288/1.0093718|first = Deborah Jean|last =Gibson |year = 1976|type=Master's thesis|publisher=University of British Columbia}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|title = Canadian Eh|last = Johnson|first = Marion|date = 1976|journal = Ohio State University Working Papers in Linguistics}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|title = Which eh is the Canadian eh?|url = http://twpl.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/twpl/article/download/6164|journal = Toronto Working Papers in Linguistics|date = 2008-01-01|issn = 1718-3510|volume = 27|first = Elaine|last = Gold}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Nosowitz|first1=Dan|title=Why Do Canadians Say 'Eh'?: The story behind Canada's most distinctive verbal tic|url=http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/why-do-canadians-say-eh|website=Atlas Obscura|publisher=Atlas Obscura|access-date=January 12, 2017|date=January 10, 2017}}</ref> and the North-Eastern United States. In Central Scotland (in and around Stirling and Falkirk), this exists in the form ''eh no?'' which is again invariant.

The tagconjunction ''or?'' is also used commonly in the North-Eastern United States and other regions to make offersyes/no-questions less imposing. These questions couldfrequently alwaysformulate logicallya becandidate completedunderstanding byand statingsignal that the oppositebias oftowards thea confirming answer is offerweaker, thoughwhile thisopening effectup isfor understoodan intuitivelyelaboration byto nativethe speakersanswer. For exampleExamples:

* WouldDoes youthat likebring anotherup drink,jealousy or (wouldfor you not)or?

* Is he in good spirits or?<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Drake |first1=Veronika |title=Indexing Uncertainty: The Case of Turn-Final ''Or'' |journal=Research on Language and Social Interaction |date=2015 |volume=48 |issue=3 |pages=301–318 |doi=10.1080/08351813.2015.1058606}}</ref>

* Did you want to go to the park together, or (did you not want to go)?

The tag ''hey?'' (of [[Afrikaans]] and [[Dutch language|Dutch]] origin) is used in [[South Africa]]n [[South African English|English]].{{cn}}

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