What langauges say 'aye' a lot?

Question

In Australia I heard some young tourists talking in something non english but with like an irish accent if that makes sense.Every now and then I could understand a phrase- either that or they lapsed into actual English at that time.They were answering each other 'aye' as in yes a lot. Any guesses?

Answer 1

"Aye" - pronounced as rhyming with "day", is a common way, but not considered very educated, of saying "What? Pardon?", if you have not heard or understood something said to you. In this sense, it is usually spelt "eh" when represented in writing. "Eh? What did he say?"

It can also appear at the end of sentence as a means of seeking confirmation or agreement, similar to "n'est-ce pas?" in French, or the "isn't it?", "doesn't he?" etc tags in English. "She's pretty, eh?"

This usage is common in all parts of the UK and, apparently, Australia, but I am not sure about the USA.

Pronounced like "eye" or "I", it means "Yes". It is considered a dialect form but is common in almost every part of the UK except the South East and possibly the midlands. Again, I don't know if it has this usage in other English-speaking parts of the world.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

It definately sounds like Scottish if the word is pronounced as in 'eye' and is commonly used to express an affermation or agreement like 'yeah' instead of a simple 'yes'. It's all about regional use and pronounciation. I'm not surprised you had difficulty following as it's quite a 'tight and closed' English pronounciation. Personally, I love the Scottish accent!
Och Nanoo!!!!

Answer 4

COuld have been Scotish, and were speaking English the whole time but you couldn't understand them. I once worked telemarketing, calling the UK. 90% of the time I couldn't understand the people. Scotsman, forget it.

Also could have been Pirates. Ethnic Pirates are common in the Pacific now.

Answer 5

I'm an Asutralian and we use 'aye' instead of saying pardon, sorry, or when u didnt get what the person was sayin or and when u miss out on something thats being said.

Answer 6

I hear this from my spanish speaking friends a lot and have picked it up myself. Our culture is so diverse it is hard to pin that saying on one set of people. We pick up things from everyone and we take it and use it to our liking. So really anyone could use this saying. Although like I said before I picked it up from my friends that are from Mexico.

Answer 7

Scottish, Geordie (same I think), Irish.

Answer 8

certainly in Irish and Spanish

Answer 9

They were speaking pirate, arrg.

Answer 10

scottish