Wanna vs Wang - What's the difference?
wanna | wang |
(onomatopoeia) The sound made when a hollow metal object is struck a glancing blow.
A slap; a blow.
To batter; to clobber; to conk.
To throw hard.
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As a contraction wanna
is or wanna can be .wanna
English
Etymology 1
Written form of a of "want a", used informally in most English dialectsEtymology 2
Written form of a of “want to”, used informally in most English dialectsDerived terms
* wanna contractionUsage notes
Much more common in first and second person singular (“I wanna”, “you wanna”) than in third person singular or (first or third person) plural affirmative (“he wanna”, “she wanna”, “we wanna”, “they wanna”), and subjectively judged as flatly incorrect for third person, and marginal in plural.“He Wanna Be Adored]”, [http://crookedtimber.org/ Crooked Timber, Brian Weatherson, January 30, 2004 However, all forms find some use, particularly in song lyrics. Rejection of third person singular affirmative *“he wanna” and *“she wanna” can be explained by “want to” reducing to wanna , but “wants to” not doing so, instead being pronounced approximately as “wants ta”. This objection does not arise in the negative (“he doesn’t wanna”, “she doesn’t wanna”), due to the absence of -s in the negative: “he does not want to”, “she does not want to”, and these forms are both common and unobjectionable. First and third person plural affirmative is also quite uncommon and somewhat objectionable, with the negative forms being very common, without an apparent explanation.
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* gonna * gotta ----wang
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) .Derived terms
* (l)Etymology 2
(onomatopoeia)Noun
(en noun)- (Halliwell)
Verb
(en verb)citation, pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=Cc6bHeUtMxwC&pg=PA283&dq=%22wanged%22, %22wanging%22+-%22wanging%27ombe%22 , isbn=9780070456389 , page=283 , passage=Ask, too, the guy in the bass boat wanging out a spinner-bait at Bull Shoals in Arkansas.}}
citation, pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=qzPuDN6CpEYC&pg=PA52&dq="wanged", "wanging" , isbn=9780192754059 , page=36 , passage=He wanged them across the room, and Billy caught them flying over his head, then held them up for inspection as though he was contemplating buying.}}
citation, pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=BXIQvXs8NF4C&pg=PA132&dq="wanged", "wanging"+-"wanging'ombe" , isbn=9781594868238 , page=132 , passage=After Sam filled in my big block letters with the glitter, he unleashed his inner Jackson Pollock, wanging artful paint splatters everywhere.}}