Omission of "did"

Guest   Thu Aug 07, 2008 12:06 pm GMT
Has anyone noticed that people often omit the the word "did" in questions in the past tense?

For instance:

"You find anything?" instead of "Did you find anything?"
Guest   Thu Aug 07, 2008 1:56 pm GMT
A lot of times they are swallowing the "did" part and combining it with the next word. It sounds like

"dyou find anything?"


It's almost impossible to hear
Rick   Thu Aug 07, 2008 2:10 pm GMT
I can omit both the "did" and the you", so that's it's just "find anything?" "you find anything?" omitting just "did" doesn't sound like something I'd say. However "did you" is normally pronounced like "didjoo" or "didja" when it's actually used in the sentence.
Upstater   Thu Aug 07, 2008 3:12 pm GMT
Isn't "Did you find anything?" more often pronounced like

"d'ja find anything?" ("find" is stressed)

at least in US English, or at least around here?
Humble   Sat Aug 09, 2008 6:42 am GMT
I think people would rather say "You found something?" and not "You find
anything?" when referring to the past.
I doubt complete omission of _did_ in questions is possible.
Guest   Sat Aug 09, 2008 7:08 am GMT
<<I think people would rather say "You found something?" and not "You find
anything?" when referring to the past.
I doubt complete omission of _did_ in questions is possible.>>

What do you base your doubt on? People where I live do say this, so you're wrong.