noun
Street Slang
Yatspeak
· noun · nola
The whole bundle of New Orleans pronunciations and grammar — 'where y'at?'
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The working-class New Orleans dialect — named for the greeting 'Where y'at?' (meaning 'how you doing?'). Sounds shockingly close to Brooklyn or Jersey to outsiders: 'oi' for 'er' (toilet → terlet), dropped R's, 'dese, dem, dose', 'making groceries' for grocery shopping, 'neutral ground' for median, 'where you stay at?' for where you live. Heavy in the Ninth Ward, Mid-City, Chalmette, Metairie. Fading with each generation but locals still clock it instantly.
“Pure yatspeak — 'I'm gonna make groceries by Schwegmann's, dawlin', want me to bring you back somethin'?'”
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Yatspeak In A Sentence
Pure yatspeak — 'I'm gonna make groceries by Schwegmann's, dawlin', want me to bring you back somethin'?'
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