R#1 : Best Practices - Some fused spoken pronunciations

In informal and popular English (particularly in American English and in pop songs), the

combination of have or the abbreviation 've and the preposition to may be fused with some

preceding verbs to produce spoken forms which are transcribed into print by writers as:

coulda = could have

woulda = would have

shoulda = should have

musta = must have

oughta = ought to (or oughter - BrE)

gonna = going to

gotta = got to 

wanna = want to 

gimme = give me 

Note: The pronoun you, is very commonly pronounced as yuh [ya]. It is sometimes written as ya.

Further Examples for Study

 1. 'Yes sir, she had a small throat, anybody coulda [=could have] reached around it ...'

 2. I coulda kissed him.

 3. I woulda done it for you.

 4. *I'da done it for you.

 5. You oughta be more careful.

 6. 'And you oughter see the place! Not worth five-and-twenty shillings.' 

 7. You oughter be ashamed of yourself.

 8. I've gotta leave now.

 9. I'm gonna fix that bully!

10. 'We're gonna miss you, boy,' I said.'

11. 'So ... you gonna tell me what he wanted?'

12. 'How long I gotta sit here chained up ...?' 

13. 'Well, you wanna know something?' 

14. 'Hey,' Stradlater said. Wanna do me a big favor?' [=Do you want to ...]

15. Willie put out his hand and laid it on the flask, 'Gimme that thing,' he said.