Некоторые наиболее распространенные редуцированные / искаженные формы, характерные для разговорной речи низкого уровня.

ain't Û am not / is not / are not / have not / has not

I ain't going there. ÞЯ не пойду туда.

We ain't got money. ÞУ нас нет денег.

ain'tcha Û ain't you;

a'bin Û have been;

an' Û and;

anyways Û anyway;

'ave / 've / 'a Û have;

'appen Û happen; 'ere Û here; 'ome Û home; 'e Û he; 'ow Û how;

awys Û orluss Û always;

a Û o' Û of;

can'tcha Û can't you;

coulda Û could have;

coupla Û couple of;

c'mon Û come on;

don'tcha Û don't you;

didja Û did you;

fella Û fellow;

fost Û first; wok Û work;

g'night Û good night;

gimme Û give me;

g'by Û good by;

gerrup Û get up;

gerraway Û get away;

gon'ta Û gonna Û to be going to:

You gonna stay here long? ÞТы собираешься долго пробыть здесь? / Ты будешь здесь долго?

gotta Û have got to;

hadda Û had to;

hellya Û hell do you;

heah Û here;

helluva Û hell of a;

. how'bout Û how about;

inna Û mto;

jes' Û just;

leggo Û let go;

lemme Û let me;

les's see Û let us see;

letcha Û let you;

me Û my:

me car / me house / ...

mek Û make; tek Û take;

'member Û remember;

mistah Û mister;

musta Û must have;

'n' Û than;

noa Û nope Û naw Û no;

on'y Û only;

oughta Û ought to;

outa Û out of;

orright Û all right; gerron Û get on;

sonuvabitch Û son of a bitch;

so's Û so as;

'sail right Û it's all right;

s'pose Û suppose;

shuah Û sure;

shurrup Û shut up;

speaka Û speak to; talka Û talk to;

tha' Û that;

they's Û there is;

tomorra Û tomorrow;

t'day Û today;

toucha Û touch; puncha Û punch:

You toucha my car. I puncha your nose. ÞДотронешься до машины, получишь в нос.

twenny Û twenty;

thirdy Û thirty;

toleja Û told you;

tellya Û tell you;

usta Û used to;

wanta Û wanna Û want to;

wi' Û with;

wun't Û won't;

whenja Û when did you;

wudja Û what do you /what did you;

willya Û will you;

wuddaya Û what do you;

ya / ye Û you / your;

yeah / yeap Û yes.

Пример английской искаженной речи низкого уровня:

— Who the' dell are yet An' why ye brung me 'ere? Û Who the devil are you? And why did you bring me here?

— I want to ask you some questions and I want truthful answers. Now, tell me what happened just before the ship sank.

— Weel, I tell ye, it wam't much different from any other cross-ing, 'cepting it were a rough sea. Û Well, I'll tell you. It was not much different from any other crossing, except it was a rough sea.

— Was there a fire on board?

— Jes' a wee one in one o' the topsails. Warn't none on deck 'til she blew. Then they 'us fire everywhere. Û Just a weak one in one of the topsails. Was not any on deck until she blew. Then there was fire everywhere.

— What was in the hold?

— Gunpowder, a 'course. Helped load 'er meself. 'Ope 'e rots in 'ell who lit it. Û Gunpowder, of course. I helped to load her myself. I hope he'll rot in hell who lit it.