What does the word 「いいんスよ」 mean?


Here is the conversation that includes the word.

> A: そんな つめてえこといわないで...  
>  ひと目{め}で **いいんスよ** ほんのちょいとあうだけでいいんだから
>
> B: だめっていったら だめーっ

And I'm curious why the syllable 「ス」 in the word has to be written in
katakana?




ス in this case is a colloquial shortening of です.

I think the reason people write it with Katakana is that it makes it easier to
tell that's a new word rather than んす being a typographical error for
something else.

If you look for っす you can find entries that explain that this is a [丁寧]{ていねい}
colloquialism (<http://www.weblio.jp/content/%E3%81%A3%E3%81%99>). Our
fearless moderator points out that the small-つ is probably avoided due to
"superheavy syllable" it creates.

I decode the sentences as follows:

> A: そんな冷たいことを言わないで、一目でいいんですよ。




ス in this case is a colloquial shortening of です.

I think the reason people write it with Katakana is that it makes it easier to
tell that's a new word rather than んす being a typographical error for
something else.

If you look for っす you can find entries that explain that this is a [丁寧]{ていねい}
colloquialism (<http://www.weblio.jp/content/%E3%81%A3%E3%81%99>). Our
fearless moderator points out that the small-つ is probably avoided due to
"superheavy syllable" it creates.

I decode the sentences as follows:

> A: そんな冷たいことを言わないで、一目でいいんですよ。

