ya et yet?

This is an example of South Eastern U.S, country slang in it's most unrefined, yet commonplace, of forms. Mostly derived from/by repetition from those with little education due to poverty or simply the need for family/adolescence to work on farms or in cotton fields during harvest. Most rural area schools would close during harvest due to the need for most students to be absent.

Definition: (Have) you eaten yet? or (Have) you had supperdinner yet? Pronounced as one word with 2 syllables, Ya'e't-yet? Hungry?

I'm hown-gre, ya'e't-yet ya et yet? Trans: I'm hungry, have you eaten yet?
G'maGrandmother made biscuits from scratch for bre'fas breakfast, ya'et-yet ya et yet?

by ApathyKills November 18, 2018