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Originally Posted by Nagoyankee
Truth is that was nothing but the Tokyo dialect. You won't hear that や used this way nearly as often elsewhere.
"Instead of だ"? That the Japanese use だ so often as a sentence-ender is a North American myth. Native speakers don't do it.
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What does や do in this case? Also, thanks for correcting me, mistakes are one of the best ways to learn
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