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According to yutaro82さん on this Chiebukuro post, it sounds like this 「〜ちょ」 could possibly be part of 名古屋弁{なごやべん}.
Looking at this list of words within 名古屋弁{なごやべん} shows that「ちょう」can translate to the standard Japanese word「ください」.
Both of these references don't appear to give an exact reason as to why「ちょう」came to be used to mean「ください」(at least in ...
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[I've also just noticed this question has come up before (See: Usage of ～じゃん (～じゃない))but you can read my answers anyway - I am going to check them!]
Q1: Does "かわいいに決まってるじゃない" mean the same thing as "かわいいに決まってる," just with more emphasis?
A1: Yes (but I see from the previous answer it can often be translated as "Actually")
Q2: Is the following ...
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