2006-11-25 10:14:19 · 9 answers · asked by mindydrummer1 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
I would assume that it's from laziness. We (people who speak english) are lazier and lazier in speaking, grammar or writing skills. It seems that almost every word has been broken down to make it easier to speak (example Ain't or even more so can't which is really cannot). Yo' I believe is from the word "You" and the last letter was dropped.
2006-11-25 11:00:27 · answer #1 · answered by kane_rosebud 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No documented evidence for the origin of this word exists. However, Goober Pyle was known to use the phrase in the (late 1960s) American TV sitcom The Andy Griffith Show and its later spin-off series Mayberry RFD. "Yo" originated in the Philadelphia area sometime around the the 1960s 1970s[citation needed]. It is also said to have been used as a greeting by infantrymen in the second World War[citation needed], there is no evidence now to substantiate this claim. It is used in various ways in English, as when answering a roll call, as a greeting or exclamation.
2006-11-25 18:21:46 · answer #2 · answered by Scooby T 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think because gangsters talk in a different way so ppl follow their path and thats why the yo thingie ma bon started
2006-11-25 22:52:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
By playing too much yo-yo???
2006-11-25 18:22:14 · answer #4 · answered by Peyton 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Don't know but Rocky Balboa used to say it on Rocky
2006-11-25 18:16:25 · answer #5 · answered by Elizabeth L 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sailors have been using the term for centuries.
2006-11-25 21:26:12 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Short for 'you'?
2006-11-25 18:17:09 · answer #7 · answered by FireFlash 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
... they followed the directions on the treasure map ... silly goose ...
2006-11-25 18:15:58 · answer #8 · answered by Santa's Helper 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Surely it is short for "You".
2006-11-25 18:16:48 · answer #9 · answered by c.arsenault 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋