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Ida's "Usage of the Day" - "Yadder"

Presumably n. meaning gossip.
Doesn't appear in aue archives.
Is anyone directly familiar with this in everyday speech?

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[nq:1]Presumably n. meaning gossip. Doesn't appear in aue archives.

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  • [nq:1]Presumably n.
  • meaning gossip.
  • Doesn't appear in aue archives.
  • [/nq] It looks like the way a non-rhotic person might spell "Yadda" as in "Yadda yadda yadda," which is similar to "Blah, blah, blah" an imitation of the sound of speech.
  • Yes, it's an everyday term, but I don't believe I heard it until the 1980s or so, myself.
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[nq:1]Presumably n. meaning gossip. Doesn't appear in aue archives. Is anyone directly familiar with this in everyday speech?[/nq]
It looks like the way a non-rhotic person might spell "Yadda" as in "Yadda yadda yadda," which is similar to "Blah, blah, blah" an imitation of the sound of speech. Yes, it's an everyday term, but I don't believe I heard it until the 1980s or so, myself.

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