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 …

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 …

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 …

“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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 time, …

Why is J often used to represent a "Y" sound in Romanizations of other writing systems? I am referring to examples in textbooks. For example, my Ukrainian textbook says that the letter Я …

I agree with the above that 'good for you' is used sarcastically at times, while I have never heard 'good on ya' used in that fashion. Somehow the latter has more of a chummy comraderie and …