Jul 26, 2018 · OED, rather than listing 'ya' as a form of 'you' and 'your', gives 'ya' (pronoun and adjective) separate entries with a distinct origin and etymology. In both cases, the origin is a "variant or alteration of another lexical item" ('you' and 'your') and the etymology is that they represent "a regional or colloquial (chiefly unstressed ...

Jan 11, 2016 · 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 point out that you're wrong that you only use apostrophe to indicate letter omissions. I dare you to construct a possessive form without it. In a general case!

Feb 1, 2013 · 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 "wi" sound tends to disappear, so its dropped when spelling "you'll." Similarly, "ya all" became "ya'll."

Jun 27, 2013 · Dated examples included "quoz" , "what a shocking bad hat" and " Hookey Walker", and a couple that stand out as still in use (at least in some situations) : "does your mother know you're out" and "who are you" ( which when pronounced with a cockney accent becomes Oo are ya!).

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 time, spoken by all kinds of people.

And she's so crazy, tell ya now I just don't trust her She thinks she's right on time But I think she crossed the line And I'm ready for the ride, I'm ready, yep, just biding time. What she's gonna look like with a chimney on her? What's she gonna look like with a chimney on her? What's she gonna look like with a chimney on her?

Aug 8, 2011 · I received an email from a coworker, and we're not that friendly. Actually, we're not friends at all, just two good colleagues. In his email, he wrote as his last sentence Catch you on the flip s...

"See you there" and "see you then" are both fine. They are somewhere between formal English (see alternative phrases below) and informal/spoken language, where a "see you" or even "see ya/cheers/cu" might suffice. Alternative Phrases. A very formal way to say this would be to write "I look forward to seeing you there".

Oct 10, 2013 · In 2010, linguist Neal Whitman wrote it's the Prime Time for "Imma" commenting on its use in pop lyrics.. In fact, this Imma (also spelled I'ma, I'mma, Ima, and I'm a) is not the contraction I'm followed by a, but a contraction of I'm gonna — which, of course, is a contraction of I'm going to, which is itself a contraction of I am going to.

Both of them are grammatically fine. Having said that, I recently returned to the USA after living abroad for 25 years, and I noticed people using (or overusing) the phrase Thank you so much rather than Thank you very much or Thanks a lot, both of which I remembered being standard things that people used to say.