See howja on Wiktionary
{ "etymology_text": "\"How d'you\" /ˈhaʊdju/ becomes /ˈhaʊdʒə/ (\"howja\") by yod-coalescence (whereby /j/ assimilates to /ʒ/) and reduction of the unstressed /u/ (which becomes /ə/).", "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "contraction", "head": "" }, "expansion": "howja", "name": "head" }, { "args": {}, "expansion": "howja", "name": "en-cont" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "contraction", "senses": [ { "alt_of": [ { "word": "how d'you" } ], "categories": [ { "kind": "other", "name": "English entries with incorrect language header", "parents": [ "Entries with incorrect language header", "Entry maintenance" ], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "other", "name": "English pronunciation spellings", "parents": [ "Pronunciation spellings", "Terms by orthographic property", "Terms by lexical property" ], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "other", "name": "Pages with 1 entry", "parents": [], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "other", "name": "Pages with entries", "parents": [], "source": "w" } ], "examples": [ { "ref": "1920 June 19, P. G. Wodehouse, The Little Warrior, part IX, in Collier's, page 14", "text": "“Selby.” ¶ “Howja spell it?” ¶ “S-e-l-b-y.”" }, { "ref": "1972, Ian Whitcomb, After the Ball, 2nd Limelight Edition (1994), pages 112–113", "text": "‘Howja do! Howja do! Howja do! Hellooooo everybardy!…’" }, { "ref": "2010, Charisse Goodman, The Starved Senses, Dog Ear Publishing,, →ISBN, page 257:", "text": "“Howja do that?” she mumbled thickly. “Howja make firecrackers sound just like guns indoors?” Boy, they sure got some smart guys there, she thought.", "type": "quote" } ], "glosses": [ "Pronunciation spelling of how d'you." ], "id": "en-howja-en-contraction-HlE~NAPs", "links": [ [ "Pronunciation spelling", "pronunciation spelling" ], [ "how", "how#English" ], [ "d'you", "d'you#English" ] ], "tags": [ "alt-of", "contraction", "pronunciation-spelling" ] } ], "sounds": [ { "enpr": "houʹjə" }, { "ipa": "/ˈhaʊd͡ʒə/" } ], "word": "howja" }
{ "etymology_text": "\"How d'you\" /ˈhaʊdju/ becomes /ˈhaʊdʒə/ (\"howja\") by yod-coalescence (whereby /j/ assimilates to /ʒ/) and reduction of the unstressed /u/ (which becomes /ə/).", "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "contraction", "head": "" }, "expansion": "howja", "name": "head" }, { "args": {}, "expansion": "howja", "name": "en-cont" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "contraction", "senses": [ { "alt_of": [ { "word": "how d'you" } ], "categories": [ "English contractions", "English entries with incorrect language header", "English non-lemma forms", "English pronunciation spellings", "English terms with quotations", "Pages with 1 entry", "Pages with entries" ], "examples": [ { "ref": "1920 June 19, P. G. Wodehouse, The Little Warrior, part IX, in Collier's, page 14", "text": "“Selby.” ¶ “Howja spell it?” ¶ “S-e-l-b-y.”" }, { "ref": "1972, Ian Whitcomb, After the Ball, 2nd Limelight Edition (1994), pages 112–113", "text": "‘Howja do! Howja do! Howja do! Hellooooo everybardy!…’" }, { "ref": "2010, Charisse Goodman, The Starved Senses, Dog Ear Publishing,, →ISBN, page 257:", "text": "“Howja do that?” she mumbled thickly. “Howja make firecrackers sound just like guns indoors?” Boy, they sure got some smart guys there, she thought.", "type": "quote" } ], "glosses": [ "Pronunciation spelling of how d'you." ], "links": [ [ "Pronunciation spelling", "pronunciation spelling" ], [ "how", "how#English" ], [ "d'you", "d'you#English" ] ], "tags": [ "alt-of", "contraction", "pronunciation-spelling" ] } ], "sounds": [ { "enpr": "houʹjə" }, { "ipa": "/ˈhaʊd͡ʒə/" } ], "word": "howja" }
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