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Originally Posted by Columbine
I have no idea. *laughs* Koirrrrr~ we need your input. You do hear people in the UK say "Where's your shoes" or "Where's my keys", quite often. And of course, if you were to correct the apostrophe, it would read "Where is your shoes" and "where is my keys", but we never say it like that. It's always "Where are XXX" or "Where's XXX".
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I would have to say "Where is your shoes" and similar expressions are a result of understood grammatical errors. That is, it's more important to get the person to perform the action (looking for shoes) than phrasing it in proper English.