A discussion of all things "-eh"

[Loony BoB]

Originally posted by Strider
Oh, come on now, it doesn't take any more effort to say "xeh" than "meh" or "feh". It's all the same amount of letters.

Linguistics say otherwise! You should move your tongue a lot more when saying "xeh".

EDIT: In fact, when saying meh, you don't really have to move your tongue at all. Accents might change how much effort it is for different people, mind you.

[Strider]

You should move your mouth a fair amount to say anything that ends in "-eh". Is there really that much of a difference in pursing your lips together to make an "M" sound and putting your tongue behind your bottom teeth to make a "Z" sound?

[Loony BoB]

"Meh" is a word that symbolises a lack of effort - the amount of thought and energy involved with moving your tongue is far more noticeable than that of moving your jaw.

[Strider]

You are so lazy.

[Logan]

I used to say bleh and meh a lot, but now I just used faces :D

[Loony BoB]

Originally posted by Strider
You are so lazy.

That's the idea.

[Strider]

You're telling me that you actually read out loud/whisper to yourself when you read stuff like "meh" and "xeh"?

[Yamaneko]

I say "meh" sometimes. I'm pretty sure that episode of The Simpsons is from the latter part of the 90's, so it'd be hard to find out where it originated from.

[Loony BoB]

Originally posted by Strider
You're telling me that you actually read out loud/whisper to yourself when you read stuff like "meh" and "xeh"?

95% of the things I type are pretty much what I'd say in the given situation. I'm a firm believer that at least half of the arguments that begin online start from someone misreading what you type, the expression and all that... so it's important (to me) to type out stuff as close as possible to what I'd say in person. Or something. Yeah. I'm weird, but at least everyone who's met me in person hasn't seen much difference :D?

[Strider]

Well, I mean, when you're reading someone else's posts, you'd say "meh" and "xeh" to yourself, and that there's a huge differece which makes my newfound vocabulary builder undesirable?

[Lindy]

Originally posted by DocFrance
The main character of Xehnogears is named Feh.

It's Xenogears and Fei.

I think words that end with "-ei" aren't very good.

[Loony BoB]

Originally posted by Strider
Well, I mean, when you're reading someone else's posts, you'd say "meh" and "xeh" to yourself, and that there's a huge differece which makes my newfound vocabulary builder undesirable?

If I was to say anything, it would be meh, definitely. It's the sound of the word that just oozes of "whatever" and "blah" and "I don't give a crap" and all that stuff. Xeh reminds me too much of "zesty". If "meh" wasn't the superior version of all those kind of words, it wouldn't be used by so many people. It just sounds right. It feels right.

So, I guess, to summarise and answer your question: Yeah. =x

[Nait]

WHAT x? Ks? The loch ch? wtf is the x in xeno, I say kseno.

Kseh. Kseh! Bach, if we use the ch it's like cheh cheh like a Scottish laff. *_*

[Psychotic]

I use "Ech", and that's special as it has a c in the middle. Xeh.

I'ma use Xeh as often as I remember to now. Good job, Matthew-head.

[Kirobaito]

Originally posted by Strider
[q=pureghetto]You spelled punctuation wrong and used 'alot' in the wrong context.

Xeh.[/q]That was actually King Bahamut from another thread here in General Chat. I don't use "meh" myself, so I had to find another example. Trust me, I'd never spell anything wrong.

Oh, yeah, forgot about "kweh".

And "xeh" is pronounced "zeh", like "xenon" or "xenophobia". Yeah. Just so the masses know!

I beg you not to misquote me. I don't misspell things OR use the non-word "alot." That was Thunder God Cid.