Informal Contraction
1
Wanna -----> Want to
2
Wanna -----> Want a
3
Whatcha -----> What have you
4
Kinda -----> Kind of
5
Sorta -----> Sort of
6
Outta -----> Out of
7
Alotta -----> A lot of
8
Lotsa -----> Lots of
9
Mucha -----> Much of
10 Cuppa -----> Cup of
11 Dunno -----> Don’t
know
12 Lemme -----> Let me
13 Gimme -----> Give
me
14 Tell’em -----> Tell
them
15 Cos -----> Because
16 Innit? -----> Isn’t
it?
17 I’mma -----> I’m
going to
18 Gonna -----> Going
to
19 Musta -----> Must
have
20 Mussna -----> Must
not have
21 Dontcha ----->
Don’t you
22 Wontcha ----->
Won’t you
23 Whatcha -----> What
are you
24 Betcha -----> Bet
you
25 Gotcha -----> Got
you
26 D’you -----> Do you
27 Didntcha ----->
Didn’t you
28 Dija -----> Did you
29 S’more -----> Some
more
30 Layder -----> Later
31
Ain’t -----> Am not
32 Needa -----> Need
to
33 Oughta -----> Ought
to
34 Hafta -----> Have
to
35 Hasta -----> Has to
36 Usta -----> Used to
37 Supposta ----->
Supposed to
38 Gotta -----> Got to
39 Going to --à Gonna
40 Cmon -----> Come on
41 Ya -----> You/ you
are
42 Gotta -----> (have)
got a
43 Shoulda ----->
Should have
44 Shouldna ----->
Shouldn’t have
45 Wouldna ----->
Wouldn’t have
46 She’da -----> She
would have
47 Coulda -----> Could
have
48 Woulda -----> Would
have
49 Mighta -----> Might
have
50 Mightna ----->
Mightn’t have