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I don’t get; no idea what they’re saying.
A slightly more recognisable way of writing it would be “d’ya eat yet?” But “d’ya eat” becomes elided even further down to “dyeat”, which
can be reanalysed as “jeet”. I’m not really sure what the phonotactics are behind “yet” becoming “chet”, but in this sentence…yeah, it just kinda does.edit: wait no I worked out why “chet”. It’s the /t/ at the end of “jeet”. /tj/ becoming /tʃ/ is very common across English.
edit 2: to be more precise, dy (/dj/) becoming j (/dʒ/) is also yod coalescence. So it’s all about yod coalescence + allision.
Did you eat yet
Didja eatchet
Jeet chet
Similar in the US deep south:
“Jeet yet?” (Did you eat yet?)
No
“Yontoo?” (Do you want to?)
Can I have an etymology for this though?
Did you eat yet
Didja eatchet
Jeet chet
Fuck I hate how boganly true this is
Very true. A sentence is not perfect when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing more to take away.
In the American South, it’s the same.
There’s a comedian, Jeff Foxworthy who does a bit about it.
A: Djeet chet?
B: Naw
A: Y’ont to?
Love that routine.
Hey’d yeet chet?
Nawd ju?
Y’awnt to?
Aight
I still use “Sinch y’is” like “sinchyiz up, get me a beer?” (Since you is)
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Not in the American South!
Yeah, this is how it went! Thanks for filling in the details!
My dad’s line is “while you’re up”. No further detail. Depending on time of day, this may be a request for beer or for tea.
And whether or not you actually are up at the time is immaterial.
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Same in Baltimore
Aaron earned an iron urn.
Are we doing the redditor thing where we pretend every Australian speaks like an eastern states bogan?
What do the central and western bogans speak like?
In England you say “alright” and they say “alright” back, regardless of what’s going on in their life. Nothing more is needed.
Aussie/Yinzer handshake https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Jeet Jet%3F
Yeah nah. I’ve never heard this.
More like ya had tea yet?
It’s saying “did you eat yet?”
