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In a message dated 3/13/2016 12:21:30 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
michaudme at gmail.com writes:

So-sha

Each time she asked louder, as if I were  old&deaf.

Wassya SOsha?
Ya SOsha?
YOUR SO-SHA  ???>>>>>>
 
Maybe an African American teller?
 
Anyway, the shorthand, "social" for Social Security in the USA
is firmly entrenched.
 
I am bothered more by obvious grammatical/spelling mistakes such
as "Febuary" for February, the use of adjectives as adverbs, and
the complete USA atrophy of "whom" in the direction of "who."
 
But, as others are quick to put out, changes in the language are
inevitable and cannot be stopped, much as we might like.
 
After all, the USA is in the midst of a major language transformation
with the "Northern Cities Vowel Shift" (Labov).  Who could have
predicted that?
 
 
 
David Strang.