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- Etymology of using ya instead of you - slang
9 I have noticed that some people in parts of Maryland, Pennsylvania, Ohio often say "ya" instead of "you"? As in "Didya do your homework?" instead of "Did you do your homework?" Does anyone know the etymology behind this pronunciation? I am wondering if this could be evidence of the influence of a large population of people that still speak
- punctuation - Should ya have an apostrophe? Doin? Etc - English . . .
In "ya", the "ou" vowel has been replaced with "a" We don't have punctuation to indicate that, so we just write it This is also generally the case where a replacement slang informal word is missing letters, but others have changed When this happens, we usually just transcribe the sounds rather than using an apostrophe
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- pronunciation - How do you spell Aye Yai Yai - English Language . . .
The phrase that's spoken when someone is hand-wringing about a thorny problem Speaker One: Uh-oh -- we have to reformat ALL THE DOCUMENTS! Speaker Two: Aye Yai Yai, that's a lot of work! "Aye
- What is “Who are ya?” and whence it came?
“Who are ya?” seems a popular chant or taunt with English football fans, both on and off the stands Is it a fair assessment that it means to diminish the opposition as unknown and insignificant?
- Origin of the phrase Thats mighty white of you. . .
Are you looking for the origins of that particular phrase only, or of the use of 'white' to signify 'honorable and or pure, etc'?
- Yall or yall? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
If anything, isn't ya'll a contraction of you will (where you is written as ya, as in "ya know")? Otherwise, the only explanation I can come up with for why someone would ever spell it ya'll is through (mistaken) analogy with contractions like I'll, he'll, etc
- Whats the difference between good on you vs. good for you, with a . . .
I agree with the above that 'good for you' is used sarcastically at times, while I have never heard 'good on ya' used in that fashion Somehow the latter has more of a chummy comraderie and participatory feel to it and usually is accompanied by a pat on the shoulder But maybe that's just a clutural difference
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