arncha

[birdeen's call]

Not that I have any idea what the sentence means, but it is an example of the spelling "arncha" for "aren't you":

You are bringing squeezins arncha?

I just googled the word to see if it's used, because I couldn't remember if there was an informal spelling for this. It doesn't seem to be used a lot. Is there anything more common than this reflecting the palatalized pronunciation [STRIKE]with a reduced vowel at the end[/STRIKE] (not necessarily)?

 

[Barb_D]

I've seen "doncha" as in "doncha know" to mean "don't you know" but I have never seen "arncha." However, I suspect you are right.

 

[5jj]

your coming aintcha (you are coming, aren't you).

'aintcha' is far more comprehensible to me than 'arncha'. I am not sure why - I think I must have seen it enough for it not to puzzle me. When I first saw the title of this thread, I had no idea what it was going to be about.

 

[SoothingDave]

I thought you'd be wondering what "squeezins" were, too.

(Corn squeezings, that is. Moonshine whiskey.)

 

[birdeen's call]

I've been looking a bit more it seems the spellings "arentcha" and "aren'tcha" are used more often: https://www.google.com/search?q=arentcha

 

[emsr2d2]

I've been looking a bit more it seems the spellings "arentcha" and "aren'tcha" are used more often: https://www.google.com/search?q=arentcha

I would certainly have put a "t" in it somewhere if I had to guess at a spelling. I would probably have gone for "arntcha" but no matter how you spell it, it's purely a phonetic attempt at the word. I also see "dontcha" much more often.