saying what's up

[KyleGoetz]

Originally Posted by GTJ

「こんにちは」のりゃくごだ

Actually, it's an abbreviation for a lot of things... Japanese youngsters are lazy.

Yeah I'd always assumed オッス＝おはようございます and ウィッス was just a bastardization of that like "homeboy" became "homey" became "homes."

[GTJ]

Originally Posted by KyleGoetz

Yeah I'd always assumed オッス＝おはようございます and ウィッス was just a bastardization of that like "homeboy" became "homey" became "homes."

I think it is. Also there's "azuss" for "ありがとうございます” and so forth. This is interesting, I think I'm gonna go ahead and compile a list. :3