
Etymology of using "ya" instead of "you" - English Language
2018年7月26日 · Random, To be in a straight line or direction, "let ya fence random wi' tother." From such evidence it is a virtual certainty that the "regional or colloquial" pronunciation of …
punctuation - Should "ya" have an apostrophe? "Doin"? Etc
2016年1月11日 · I thought ya was a contraction of ya'll, which was a contraction of you all. Hence, it should be ya'. But I might be mistaken. Your input is welcome. (Also, as a logician, I need to …
pronunciation - How do you spell "Aye Yai Yai" - English Language ...
2012年1月31日 · “Ay-ay-ay” is an exclamation which entered American pop culture from Mexican Spanish in various ways. In informal conversation, the phrase means literally “oh, oh, oh” and …
"Y'all" or "ya'll"? - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
2013年2月1日 · Southerns wouldn't have abbrev that phrase in such a way. however, when saying "ya all," them words tenda run tagedder. When you say "you will" the distinction of the …
What is “Who are ya?” and whence it came?
2013年6月27日 · Who are ya?! 2) Leyton Orient (small football club) v Chelsea (big football club) The Chelsea player, Didier Drogba, misses a clear chance of scoring a goal and falls over …
What is the origin of the expression "ya think"?
2012年12月6日 · Maybe I'm just slow on the uptake, but the expression "ya think" seems to have recently become nearly universal, at least as viewed from the US and the UK, where I …
How to use "you know" - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
When used in excess, these fillers are very annoying. However, our ya'knows, umms, and errs do serve various communications purposes, some of which are discussed in the paper Disfluency …
Why is "you all" contracted to "y'all" and not "you'll"?
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 …
slang - Idiom: Origin of the phrase "a bit how ya going" to mean ...
2018年4月26日 · The phrase refers to the social class of the speaker, as in 'How ya goin' is originally something a lower or working class person would say in post WW I Australia. So it …
What does 'gotcha' mean? - English Language & Usage Stack …
Gotcha actually has several meanings. All of them can be derived from the phrase of which this is a phonetic spelling, namely "[I have] got you".