Do you often happen to shorten words in everyday life?

And oughta[v]/maya[v]/midda[v]

I've got a whole book of 'em somewhere. I'll look around.

If you could give me the title and the author I would be very grateful

Nat, the book is,

Listening in the Real World - Clues to English Conversation by Michael A Rost & Robert K Stratton

It's out of print and wasn't available even as used on Amazon.com, but there are used copies available on both the UK and Canadian Amazon websites, links are below. The price is right too.

http://www.amazon.ca/gp/offer-listing/0940264005/ref=dp_olp_0?ie=UTF8&condition=all&qid=1382136617&sr=1-1

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/0940264005/ref=dp_olp_used?ie=UTF8&condition=used

It deals with compressed speech not for English words but for the most oft spoken grammatical structures of English, for example,

Would you like a pizza? ----> Wudjya like a pizza?

Has he been to the doctor? ---> Zee bin to the doctor?

Thanks a lot, I hope it will help But do you know why it is so hard to find any information about this book on the Internet?

JTT I'm often impressed by your erudition; you must have quite a library

Well I'm actually interested in some slang/jargon dictionary of English that I could include in my bibliography. It would make a better impression I suppose. Obviously, online dictionaries are also very useful but at least one in form of book would be preferable.

Yes, Nat, because as I mentioned in my previous post,

It's out of print and wasn't available even as used on Amazon.com, but there are used copies available on both the UK and Canadian Amazon websites, links are below. The price is right too.

Roberta, do you know where I can find more clipped words of makes of cars?

I call it a malt

Do you often happen to shorten words in everyday life?

Dunno . . . boutchu?

(I don't know, how about you?)

I knew a country boy from Oklahoma who would say to me, in the middle of the day:

"Djeetyit?"

I'd say no, and he'd say:

"Onta?"

What he was saying was "Did you eat yet?" and "[Do you] want to?"

In short, he was suggesting that we go to lunch.

Quit inetresting.... so did he shorten one sentence as a whole? Could you give me some more examples so that I could use it as a material?

Gerraravit.

Wajya /Wenjya/Howjya/dijya/yjya/how many timesjya/wojya/wearjya combined with millions of possibilities

Wadchi/Waddi/...

Thanks a lot What is the full form then?

2 from Jeff Foxworthy....


mom 'n 'ems

Your mother and her peer group, as in mom 'n 'ems is fixin' ta go down to the bingo hall tonight.

fascinate.....I got to go on a diet. I got 9 buttons on this shirt, but I can only fascinate.

Ya gotta order that book I suggested to you, Nat.

Wajya - What did you ... ? {you should be able to do the rest}

Wenjya/Howjya/dijya/yjya/how many timesjya/wojya/wearjya combined with millions of possibilities

Wadchi - What did she ... ?/Waddi/Waddee/Wajyu/Wadwe