>>>Respected. I do not come to this from your POV. I can say "I gotta go" (and do all the time) with the insouciance of the native born.
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>>Indeed, so do the English, and "I dunno", "whatcha got?", etc.
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>My personal favourite is 'jeet' as in 'jeet yet?' for 'did you eat yet?'
The one I compact the most is after a few pints down the pub:
"John n-ner drink?" (do you want another drink?) :-)
- Whoever said that women are the weaker sex never tried to wrest the bedclothes off one in the middle of the night
- Worry is the interest you pay, in advance, for a loan that you may never need to take out.