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| Domain | Definition |
Tips from 1870 | Usage: You was. This very incorrect form is often employed by those who know better, and who use it, seemingly, out of courtesy to the uneducated people with whom they are brought in contact. If it be a courtesy, it is one that is "more honored in the breach than in the observance." Those who use the expression ignorantly are not likely to read this book, or any other of a similar character, and need scarcely be told that was should be were. Source: Slips of Speech. |
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Crosswords: YOU WAS |
| Specialty definitions using "YOU WAS": Wasn't. (references) |
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| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | You was really a mess. (On the Waterfront; writing credit: Budd Schulberg.) You're legally allowed to drink now so we figured the best thing for you was a car. (Good Will Hunting; writing credit: Matt Damon; Ben Affleck) What I mean, sir, is if you was to put me with this here sniper rifle anywhere up to and including one mile from Adolf Hitler with a clean line of sight well, pack your bags, boys. (Saving Private Ryan; writing credit: Robert Rodat) The way you was lollygagging with them picks and shovels, you would think it was a hundred and twenty degrees out here. (Blazing Saddles; writing credit: Andrew Bergman; Mel Brooks) Nobody didn't say nothin' when you was out killin' people! (Cedric the Entertainer Presents; writing credit: Charles Peattie; Mark Warren) | |
Lyrics | Cause when I wuz low, you was there for me (Dear Mama; performing artist: 2Pac) Giving you was (Babylon; performing artist: David Gray) Signed, with a home tattoo, Happy birthday to you was created for you. (Come Undone; performing artist: Duran Duran) Well they said you was high-classed ("Hound Dog"; performing artist: Elvis Presley) See what hurts me the most, is you won't admit you was wrong (Cleanin' Out My Closet; performing artist: Eminem) | |
Clever | The only really good advice that your mother ever gave you was, "Go! You might meet somebody! (references; author: unknown) | |
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Books | |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | The light which came from behind you was disposed in such wise that you saw her in the light, and she saw you in the shade. |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | I knowed you when you was gentle. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
James Madison | 1809-1817 | With this view, the proclamation of which a copy is laid before you was confided to the governor of that Territory to be carried into effect. |
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| Language | Date | Source | 1 Thessalonians Chapter 3, Verse 1 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Dio mhketi stegonteV eudokhsamen kataleifqhnai en aqhnaiV monoi |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Propter quod non sustinentes amplius placuit nobis remanere Athenis solis |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Þus ðonne we ne mihton hit lengre na ðolian, we þuhton hit bet þæt we ane belafon on Athenam. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | For which thing we suffriden no lengere, and it pleside to vs to dwelle aloone at Atenys; |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | Wherfore sence we coulde no lenger forbeare it pleased vs to remayne at Athens alone |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Wherefore when we could no longer forbear, we thought it good to be left at Athens alone; |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Wherefore, when we could no longer forbear, we thought it good to be left at Athens alone; |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | At last our desire to have news of you was so strong that, while we ourselves were waiting at Athens, |
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| Language | 1 Thessalonians Chapter 3, Verse 1 |
| Cebuano | ¶ Busa, sa wala na kami makaantus niini, mibuot na lang kami nga mao ray mahabilin sa Atenas, |
| Chinese | 我 們 既 不 能 再 忍 、 就 願 意 獨 自 等 在 雅 典 ． |
| Croatian | Zato kad više ne mogosmo izdržati, pristadosmo ostati u Ateni sami |
| Danish | Derfor, da vi ikke længer kunde udholde det, besluttede vi at lades alene tilbage i Athen, |
| Dutch | Daarom, deze begeerte niet langer kunnende verdragen, hebben wij gaarne willen te Athene alleen gelaten worden; |
| Finnish | Sentähden me, kun emme enää voineet kestää kauemmin, päätimme jäädä yksinämme Ateenaan, |
| French | C`est pourquoi, impatients que nous étions, et nous décidant rester seuls Athènes, |
| German | Darum haben wir's nicht weiter wollen ertragen und haben uns lassen wohlgefallen, daß wir zu Athen allein gelassen würden, |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Akhirnya kerinduan kami tidak tertahan lagi. Sebab itu kami berpikir lebih baik kami ditinggalkan sendirian di Atena, |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Sebab itu apabila kami tiada tertahan lagi rindunya, maka berpikirlah kami bahwa baiklah kami ditinggalkan sendiri di Atina, |
| Latvian | Tâpçc, nevarçdami ilgâk paciest, nolçmâm palikt Atçnâs vieni. |
| Maori | ¶ Na, i te kore e taea te ngakau te pehi tonu, i pai matou kia mahue ko matou anake i Atene. |
| Norwegian | Derfor, da vi ikke lenger kunde holde det ut, fant vi det best å bli alene tilbake i Aten, |
| Rumanian | Deaceea, fiindcq nu mai puteam rqbda, am socotit mai bine sq fim lqsayi singuri kn Atena, |
| Shuar | ¶ |
| Swahili | Mwishowe hatukuweza kuvumilia zaidi. Basi, tuliamua kubaki kule Athene peke yetu, |
| Swedish | Paulus, som icke själv har kunnat besöka tessalonikerna, har sänt Timoteus till dem och gläder sig nu över de underrättelser som denne har fört med sig tillbaka. |
| Uma | ¶ |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-o-s-u-w-y" | |
-2 letters: soya, sway, ways, yaws, yows. | |
-3 letters: ays, sau, saw, say, sou, sow, soy, was, way, wos, yaw, you, yow. | |
-4 letters: as, aw, ay, os, ow, oy, so, us, wo, ya, yo. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-o-s-u-w-y" | |
+3 letters: routeways. | |
+4 letters: bawdyhouse. | |
+5 letters: bawdyhouses, thoughtways, throughways, unseaworthy. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)59 4F 55 57 41 53 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01011001 01001111 01010101 00100000 01010111 01000001 01010011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)Y O U   W A S |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0059 004F 0055 0057 0041 0053 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5949552573553 |
| 1. Crosswords 2. Usage: Modern 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Quotations: Fiction | 5. Quotations: Speeches 6. Bible Trace 7. Anagrams 8. Orthography | 9. Bibliography |
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