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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
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- 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'?
- 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
- 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
- meaning - What is “Who are ya?” and whence it came? - English Language . . .
“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?
- What is the etymology and meaning of fill your boots?
A quick search yielded At the HMS Victory museum in Portsmouth UK, you can buy a thick leather cup lined with pitch This is a replica of the sailor's mug used on board in Nelson's time, and it was used (among other things) for the rum ration when issued This cup is called a "boot", and when things were good and you got an extra rum ration, sailors were told "Fill Yer Boots"!
- 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
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