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The song "Gimme a little kiss."
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Gimme a little kiss, will you,
huh?
Whaddaya gonna miss, will you, huh? Gosh oh gee , why do you refuse? I can't see what you're gonna lose. Gimme a little sqeeze, will you, huh? Why do wanna make me blue? I wouldn't say a word it I were asking for the word, but what's a little kiss between a fella and his girl? Gimme a little kiss, will you, huh? And I'll give it right back to you.
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Standard English |
Reduced Form |
Examples |
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because |
kuz |
"I don't wanna go to the
party, kuz it sounds boring." |
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bet you |
betcha |
"I betcha can't eat ten hot dogs!" |
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could have + consonant |
kuda |
"You kuda gone with me, if you'd told me in plenty of time." |
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could have + vowel |
kudav |
"I was so hungry, I kudav eaten a horse." |
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did you |
didja/didya |
"Didja like the film?" |
| don't you | doncha | "Doncha know?" |
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get you |
getcha |
"I'll getcha a drink." |
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give me |
gimme |
"Gimme all your money!" |
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going to + verb |
gonna |
"I'm gonna do my homework now." |
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got you |
gotcha |
"I gotcha that candy bar you asked for." |
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has to |
hasta |
"He hasta know how much he means to me." |
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have to |
hafta |
"I hafta clean the house before I go out." |
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how are you + verb |
howarya |
"Howarya doin'?" |
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I don't know |
I dunno |
"I dunno what to think about that." |
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kind of + consonant |
kinda |
"I'm kinda worried about that test." |
| kind of + vowel | kindav | "This book is kindav interesting." |
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kinds of + consonant |
kindsa |
"What kindsa clothes does
that shop sell?" |
| kinds of + vowel | kindsav | "Look at all those different kindsav oranges for sale!" |
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let me |
lemme |
"Lemme in!" |
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lot of + consonant |
lotta |
"I've got a lotta respect for that guy." |
| lot of + vowel | lottav | "There were a lottav English people at the party." |
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lots of + consonant |
lottsa |
"There were lottsa
different nationalities in that chat room." |
| lots of + vowel | lottsav | "There were lottsav interesting things to see and do." |
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might have + consonant |
mighta |
"I mighta gone with him if
he'd invited me" |
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might have + vowel |
mightav |
"She mightav agreed to come
if you'd been nicer to her." |
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must have + consonant |
musta |
"I musta walked past her without even seeing her." |
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must have + vowel |
mustav |
"She mustav intended to
dump him before his birthday." |
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ought to |
oughta |
"You oughta know more about
that than me." |
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should have + consonant |
shoulda |
"I shoulda studied harder
for the exam". |
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should have + vowel |
shouldav |
"He really shouldav opened
up about his feelings." |
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should not have + consonant |
shouldn'ta/shouldn'a |
"Where is she? She
shouldn'a taken that long!" |
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should not have + vowel |
shouldn'tav/shouldn'av |
"She shouldn'tav ignored
you like that." |
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want to |
wanna |
"I wanna go home." |
| what are you + gerund | whatcha | "Whatcha doin'?" |
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what do you + verb |
whaddaya |
"Whaddaya wanna do today?" |
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would have + consonant |
woulda |
"I woulda done the dishes if you'd asked me." |
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would have + vowel |
wouldav |
"I wouldav asked you to do it, if I'd thought you would." |
| what is the matter | wassamatta | "Wassammatta witcha? (with you) |