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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
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
What is “Who are ya?” and whence it came? 2 "Who are ya?" is a rhetorical question asking the other, lowly team to justify their presence at a match or level they don't deserve to play at It's a mark of lack of repect to the other team Yes, it's a fair assessment that it means to diminish the opposition as unknown and insignificant The top Urban Dictionary definition gives guidance
Why is you all contracted to yall and not youll? Ya'll, I have heard from grammatically correct Southern friends, was a version of you, while all y'all was the form for you all (i e plural) But either way, the sooner this thing dies from the English language, the better
When is it appropriate to use see you later? When my girlfriend says "good night" (when sleeping in the same bed) I usually say "see ya" and she just laughs like it doesn't make sense Oh whale, say what you want when you want
Difference between How are you? and How are you doing? Here's an example from a rap song: Hey how ya doin'? Sorry ya can't get through Why don't you leave your name And your number And I'll get back to you Ring Ring Ring ( Ha Ha Hey) De La Soul Now, "How do you do?" is a set phrase in formal English and is considered as old-fashioned When you met someone for the first time you would say "How do
See you~What does it mean? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange As a stock phrase "See ya!" does in fact mean "Goodbye!" Variations include "Be seeing you" and "See you again soon " It is a warmly connoted bidding of farewell It is related to Auf Weidersehen - literally "until (I we) see (you each other) again" I suppose one could also see it as short for "I see you," a game one plays with a baby (peek-a-boo) but the farewell is by far the more common case
How to use you know - English Language Usage Stack Exchange For a non-native speaker like me, I am always wondering how to use you know correctly, as in the following sentence: Alright, well, for example, like on Saturdays, y’know, what I liked to do