you think what

juː ˈθɪŋk ˈwʌt

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(Singapore, Singlish, , rhetorical, sarcastic) What do you think this is?; do you think this is some kind of ?; naïve]] suggestion.

— Can book a whole ballroom anot?— You think what? Got all the money in the world ah, hah?

Origin: A colloquial interpretation of the phrase what do you think? with reorganized syntax, demonstrating optional wh-fronting in Singlish. Analogous to certain sentence structures in Chinese, e.g., , in which the interrogative word remains where it is and does not move to the front of the sentence. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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