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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: you betcha (WAG) #52180 01/08/02 04:41 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 What is the origin of "You betcha"? My guess would be that it is a shortening of "you betcher ___________(fill in the blank, life, bippie, whatever)" which would be a careless pronunciation of "you bet your ___________" Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted you betcha Clifford 01/08/02 04:04 PM Re: you betcha (WAG) Faldage 01/08/02 04:41 PM Re: you betcha (WAG) Wordwind 01/08/02 04:48 PM Re: you betcha (WAG) Faldage 01/08/02 05:25 PM Re: you betcha (WAG) Wordwind 01/08/02 07:07 PM Re: you betcha (WAG) Keiva 01/08/02 07:09 PM Re: you betcha (WAG) stales 01/09/02 04:03 AM Re: you betcha (WAG) Angel 01/09/02 04:25 AM Re: you betcha (WAG) Keiva 01/09/02 04:07 PM Re: you betcha (WAG) tsuwm 01/09/02 05:49 PM Re: you betcha (WAG) Faldage 01/09/02 06:08 PM Re: you betcha (WAG) tsuwm 01/09/02 06:13 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,363 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 529 guests, and 0 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 31 A C Bowden 21 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,558 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,919 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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