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thewoodenaisle  ·  3502 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What word makes you happy?

I'm a big fan of double contractions like couldn't've, wouldn't've, shouldn't've. Really fun to say out loud.





Cedar  ·  3502 days ago  ·  link  ·  

The boy oh boy will you like this list!

I think however, triple contractions are just silly.

RicePaddy  ·  3497 days ago  ·  link  ·  

A really handy triple contraction is "d'y'ave" for "do you have"! It's the only one I can tell I use...

edricarica  ·  3502 days ago  ·  link  ·  

In England we use triple contractions!

Especially older well-spoken people (e.g. the Queen. Also my mother (which embarrassed me almost as much as her driving a yellow vw bus and wearing mismatched flip-flops...))

Cedar  ·  3502 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I've never heard anyone hear use a triple contraction, the best I could think of was oughtn't've but that's only double.

Cedar  ·  3502 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I've never heard anyone hear use a triply contraction, the best I could think of was oughtn't've but that's only double.