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whatcha doing for christmas?

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Tell me some of your traditions and customs that you do around christmas or on christmas?

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updated Dec 13, 2013
posted by MadelynJones

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For those who are learning English: Whatcha used at the beginning of a sentence does not usually occur in formal English writing. It is a contraction of the words "what-are-you" which comes about as follows:

In rapid speech the word "are" is dropped leaving what-you. The letter "y" following a "t" in rapid speech is palatalized into the "ch" sound resulting in "wha-cha".

Many native speakers who use this and similar contractions could probably not explain where these phenomena come from. A similar pattern is found in the past tense Whadja? which means "What did you...?"

updated Dec 13, 2013
posted by Jubilado
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I eat cinnamon rolls on Christmas morning. smile

Como rollos de canela en la mañana de Navidad.

updated Dec 13, 2013
posted by DivergentAriana