Sorta vs Sortsa - What's the difference?
sorta | sortsa |
(informal) Sort of; somewhat; not quite.
* 1912 , Caspar Whitney, Albert Britt, Outing: Sport, Adventure, Travel, Fiction , Volume 60,
* 1993 July, Sort of a Hero'', in '' ,
(colloquial) sort of.
* 2001 , Lawrence A. Wenzel, The Sandcastle at High Tide ,
(colloquial) Sorts of.
* 1977 , Fred C Dobbs, The Golden Age of B.S. ,
* 1984 , , DeKalb Literary Arts Journal , Volume 17,
* 1988 June, Underground'', in '' ,
In colloquial terms the difference between sorta and sortsa
is that sorta is sort of while sortsa is sorts of.As an adverb sorta
is sort of; somewhat; not quite.sorta
English
Adverb
(-)- The portraits on the wall aren't so useful, just sorta cool to have around
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- 'Webb,' he says sorta sorrowful like, 'it looks like a howlin' shame to have a bang-up American girl hooked up to a money-grubbin' member of the British nobility. '
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- In fact the whole thing sorta backfired on old Chuck — and on me and Pete too. Instead of laughing about it, most people thought it was pretty crummy.
Synonyms
* kindaContraction
- There's gotta be some sorta explanation.
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- He glanced at her then back at me. "What sorta research?"
- "Well, war correspondent might not be too far off," I said.
sortsa
English
Contraction
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- Sends a letter to the Globe and Mail'' and starts claiming that his friend Mackay says that there's all sortsa''' cabinet ministers ringing up all ' sortsa judges in Canada.
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- "Oh. Togs''. lt just means.. .special sortsa clothes. ''Toads ? Gad, what a dodo l picked to fall in love with me."
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- Hampton delves into all sortsa cultural rootage — from country blues to smarmy Broadway show-tunage, combining them in a friendly, swinging way. This is the sorta record that should appeal to anybody who gave up on Zappa after Weasels Ripped My Flesh .
