The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Comic Strips@lemmy.world · 9 months agoAyup. [Beetlemoses]lemmy.worldimagemessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up1297arrow-down119file-text
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minus-squareAggravationstation@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·edit-29 months ago“Ayup” is also a way of pronouncing “hey up” which is a common greeting in parts of northern England.
minus-squaresmeg@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoWhat else could this greeting mean other than ey-up? I’m not even from Yorkshire and I can only read this comic one way!
minus-squareFellowEnt@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months agoShouldn’t the H be an '? As in silent and never written? I’ve never heard the H pronounced or seen it written.
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“Ayup” is also a way of pronouncing “hey up” which is a common greeting in parts of northern England.
What else could this greeting mean other than ey-up? I’m not even from Yorkshire and I can only read this comic one way!
Shouldn’t the H be an '? As in silent and never written? I’ve never heard the H pronounced or seen it written.