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A new one to add to the ‘kinda, gonna, sorta’ list…

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Witzend Wed 08-Oct-25 10:45:07

….tryna! As in ‘trying to’.
Seen recently on MN 😱.

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Allira Wed 08-Oct-25 11:23:12

I think I might say that blush but do know how it is meant to be written!

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Allira Wed 08-Oct-25 11:26:07

I shall try not to do that in future 😁

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NotSpaghetti Wed 08-Oct-25 11:34:18

Maybe I can offer you this by way of light entertainment - not a "tryna" but amusing:

www.instagram.com/reel/DLu3Zw_osnc/?igsh=MTl3MmYybGo3N2EwYQ==

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PaynesGrey Wed 08-Oct-25 11:43:08

It’s just vernacular.

It appears several times in Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye published in 1951.

It’s been used on social media platforms for some years.

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NotSpaghetti Wed 08-Oct-25 12:13:20

Of course!
But it's still unusual to see it typed on a forum I suppose.

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