
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 …
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 …
punctuation - Should "ya" have an apostrophe? "Doin"? Etc - English ...
Jan 11, 2016 · The only time ya should be followed by an apostrophe is when it is part of the contraction of ya and will: ya'll. I see people mistype this all the time, ya'll when they meant to say y'all.
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 is the origin of the expression "ya think"?
Dec 6, 2012 · 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 encounter it all the …
Spelling "Yeah" and "Yea" - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
Jan 22, 2011 · They are differentiated by spelling: Yay [ jɛi ] (as opposed to, say, boo) is for joy and exultation; Yeah [ jæ ] (synonym of yes, opposite of nah) is for ordinary assent; and Yea [ jɛi ] …
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Why is "you all" contracted to "y'all" and not "you'll"?
Jun 28, 2013 · 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 …
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.