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what you saying?
wot-yuh-SAY-ing · /wɒt jə ˈseɪ.ɪŋ/
Local meaning
How are you?; what is happening?; what are your plans?
A greeting or check-in that usually does not ask for a literal report of someone’s current words.
Examples in context
- What you saying, you coming out?
- Yo, what you saying?
How it is used
The expected answer depends on whether it opens a greeting, asks about plans, or requests an opinion.
Friendly, casual, checking.
Greetings, invitations, and plan-making.
Peers and familiar contacts.
A literal answer can miss the social purpose.
Spelling and scope
Common in London and wider urban British informal conversation.
Common search forms stay discoverable without claiming that every London community uses one spelling.
Common patterns
- what you saying
- what are you saying
- so what you saying
Read next
All words →Evidence and further reading
Sources support the definition, history, or usage layer. Local review remains welcome.
- Multicultural London EnglishCambridge University Press
Research overview of MLE as an urban contact variety used across ethnic backgrounds.