Fresh back from a trip to Atlantic Canada, the Word Nerd offers you another Newfie expression! Whadd’ya at roughly translates as “what are you at?” and means “how are you?” It is a greeting that can confuse the uninitated. For more information on this expression, see the Great Big Sea song lyrics here: http://www.elyrics.net/read/g/great-big-sea-lyrics/what-are-you-at-lyrics.html
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