Colloquial reductions and liaisons:

The following expressions are examples of what you hear on the street. See if you can recognize the expressions and write them as you would see them in print. Try to pronounce them several times before you decide on the correct words.

Example: I gotta go now. = I have got to go now.

1. Gimee it 

2. I gotta git go’un. 

3. Wanna dance?

4. Lemme in!

5. Al letcha know.

6. Dija du it?

7. Al meecha layder.

8. When ju geddit?

9. Where’s the waatchamacallit?

10. I cuda bina contender