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  1. Etymology of using "ya" instead of "you" - slang

    Jul 26, 2018 · 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 …

  2. "Y'all" or "ya'll"? - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Sep 21, 2010 · 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 …

  3. punctuation - Should "ya" have an apostrophe? "Doin"? Etc

    Jan 11, 2016 · 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 …

  4. When is it appropriate to use "see you later"?

    Oct 23, 2013 · 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 …

  5. pronunciation - How do you spell "Aye Yai Yai" - English Language ...

    Jan 31, 2012 · 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 …

  6. 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, …

  7. pronunciation - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Most native English speakers would pronounced this as it sounds in "jar", whereas the true pronunciation is closer to "ya" in my experience. This is a case where English speakers are …

  8. What is the origin of the expression "ya think"?

    Dec 6, 2012 · 2 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 …

  9. Distinction: "What can I do you for?" vs. "What can I do for you?"

    It's normally a joke. It's 'funny' because "What can I do you for?" is actually a question that would never be asked, except rhetorically. Do you, as in "I'm gonna do you in" is what a thug would …

  10. "I appreciate cha" - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Sep 14, 2013 · I thought the same thing when I first heard it on some reality show set in the south, but now I catch people of all different backgrounds saying it here, even on different sides of …