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jack

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Are these correct? What do they mean?

1. What are you doing now
2. What you doing now? (Is this incorrect? I hear people say this sometimes.)
 
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jack said:
Are these correct? What do they mean?

1. What are you doing now?
2. What you doing now? (Is this incorrect? I hear people say this sometimes.)
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1. is OK; 2. is not Standard English, which isn't to say that it's not OK in some other dialect of English.
 
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blacknomi

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Whachoo doing now?

Could be utterd from kids, or adults in a funny tone. :D
 
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blacknomi said:
Whachoo doing now?

Could be utterd from kids, or adults in a funny tone. :D
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Actually, it's widely used in all situations:

what you => whatyu => whachu (Pronunciation: coalesence)
 
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