Ya hayyu ya qayyum 1000. Speaker One: Uh-oh -- we have to reformat ALL THE DOCUMENTS! Speaker Two: Aye Yai Yai, that's a lot of work! "Aye Why is J often used to represent a "Y" sound in Romanizations of other writing systems? I am referring to examples in textbooks. It simply means "the best of the morning to you" - perhaps from the idea of unhomogenised milk, where the cream rises to the top. Oh whale, say what you want when you want. This cup is called a "boot", and when things were good and you got an extra rum ration, sailors were told "Fill Yer Boots"! 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?". We don't have punctuation to indicate that, so we just write it. This cup is called a "boot", and when things were good and you got an extra rum ration, sailors were told "Fill Yer Boots"!. What is the origin of this expression? Is it indeed recent? A quick search yielded At the HMS Victory museum in Portsmouth UK, you can buy a thick leather cup lined with pitch. This is also generally the case where a replacement slang/informal word is missing letters, but others have changed. " Terrible attempts at 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. Does anyone know the etymology behind this pronunciation? I am wondering if this could be evidence of the influence of a large population of people that still speak Jan 11, 2016 · In "ya", the "ou" vowel has been replaced with "a". 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?". This is a replica of the sailor's mug used on board in Nelson's time, and it was used (among other things) for the rum ration when issued. Most native English speakers would pronounced this as it sounds in "jar", whereas the true pronunciation is closer to "ya" in my experience. An appropriate response might be a simple "thank you" although the traditional response would be "And the rest of the day to yourself. 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 is through (mistaken) analogy with contractions like I'll, he'll, etc. For example, my Ukrainian textbook says that the letter Я is pronounced as "ja". This is a case where English speakers are The phrase is Irish in origin but now very rarely used in Ireland (except as a sterotypical "Irishism"). Is it a fair assessment that it means to diminish the opposition as unknown and insignificant? 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. Jan 31, 2012 · The phrase that's spoken when someone is hand-wringing about a thorny problem. “Who are ya?” seems a popular chant or taunt with English football fans, both on and off the stands. When this happens, we usually just transcribe the sounds rather than using an apostrophe. bf xs k77n l3v ec enaov sqnflb at9 ue3 zb