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Hi all.
I am confounded by the contraction for the very slang -Whadya- as in What do you want? I propose apostrophing it thus: wha'd'ya. That does leave the ya unattended, whereas it might (or should) be wha'd'ya'.
Any thoughts on this?
Of course this could sustain prolonged discussion; I'm perhaps more interested in a publisher's perspective.
Thanks,
P
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I've seen it written as wha'd'ya but not with the trailing apostrophe.
By coincidence, yesterday,one of my characters said "Whasay?" (What did you say) No apostrophe. The guy does't know what an apostrophe is.
P