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 homework?". Does …
"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 it ya'll …
punctuation - Should "ya" have an apostrophe? "Doin"? Etc - English ...
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 slang/informal word is …
"See you in the funny papers": etymology and meaning
Mar 12, 2013 · And to say "Hey, I've enjoyed chewing the fat with you, but I don't want to have deep, serious, personal conversation with you. I'm hitting the road now, but it has genuinely been nice …
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 Yai, …
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 …
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 when you want.
Idiom: Origin of the phrase "a bit how ya going" to mean ... - slang
Apr 26, 2018 · 2 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 means dodgy or …
What does 'gotcha' mean? - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
Dec 10, 2010 · 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". Literally, from the sense of got = "caught, …
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 say before he …