You know - like when kids are talking to each other and saying, "Come on, let's go!" How do you write that? C'mon? Com'on? Come'on?
How do you say "come on"?
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What KTC said....but usually c'mon (unless the slang usage is inappropriate for time/setting etc of story - then come on)
Good luck with your writing.
Good luck with your writing.
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To the kids, there's usually special emphasis on the on. Like, "Come on! We're going to be late for school again."
I don't know about 'now' - but I've heard that in some larger cities that has happened quite often in the past.
<shrugs>
With very few exceptions, I find it hard enough to vote even once for most politicians, let alone stomach the idea of voting for them more than once...
<sorry for the slight derail>
C'mon folks, let's get back on track with the thread.
I forget where it was but I recently saw a frustrated parent telling an obstinate child "Bye-bye, I'm going, see you later..."
[child looks around, starts to panic, runs to mama]
It's that good old "reverse psychology."
[child looks around, starts to panic, runs to mama]
It's that good old "reverse psychology."
If you're from Southern Delaware, you'd say, "'Mong y'all!" <--translates roughly to "come all, all of you."
If you're from Southern Delaware, you'd say, "'Mong y'all!" <--translates roughly to "come all, all of you."
Mong y'all?? Where did that come from?
My grandfather.
Say it out loud, with a long drawl on "all." It comes out pretty close to how he says it.
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