Re: Wana
- From: trio@xxxxxxxxxx (Donna Richoux)
- Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2006 22:01:41 +0100
PR <noreply@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
I was driving out near the blackbird fields today and saw a billboard
advertisement for a car company reading, "Wana race?" Immediately it struck
me as misspelled, but how can something be misspelled if it's not even a
word?
Um, because letters suggest sounds, and these might suggest the wrong
sound?
Banana. Lana. At least in US pronunciation, those don't match the sound
of "wanna". ("Dana" is different yet again.)
Also, "wanna" has been used as a dialectal spelling for a donkey's
years.
Maggie, Girl of the Steets by Crane, Stephen
"What deh hell do dey wanna raise such a smoke about it fer?"
demanded he of himself, disgusted with the attitude of the family.
Flappers and philosophers, / by F. Scott Fitzgerald. 1921
The negroes had gathered together on the deck and
their voices rose together in a haunting melody that
soared in poignant harmonics toward the moon. And
Ardita listened in enchantment.
"Oh down Oh down,
Mammy wanna take me downa milky way,
Oh down Oh down,
Pappy say to-morra-a-a-ah!
But mammy say to-day, Yes-mammy say to-day!"
--
Best - Donna Richoux
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