Prolonged sounds in place of an を


I have noticed them in speech in several expressions:

> ざま **あ** みろ
>
> 手 **エ** 、出して
>
> 気 **イ** 抜くなよ

They are clearly an informal (if i have got it right) variant of を. But how
common is this phenomenon? What restrictions apply to the preceding noun, if
any? And does this occur with は，が… as well?




It's not a variant of を. It's an elongated 手/気/etc, and を is still omitted.
This type of elongation very commonly happens with a single-mora word before
omitted を (both in fiction and real conversations), but it can happen also
before omitted が, は, etc.

  * ざまぁないな。 ([ざま **は** ない](https://kotobank.jp/word/%E6%A7%98%E3%81%AF%E7%84%A1%E3%81%84-511908)な。)
  * 手ぇ出ちまったんだ。 (手 **が** 出てしまったんだ。)
  * 気ぃ抜けてんじゃない？ (気 **が** 抜けてるんじゃない？)
  * 国ぃ帰ったら… (国 **へ** 帰ったら…)

See:

  * [手えふった - what is the "え” here?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/25600/5010)
  * [What do the 「ああなる」and「気いします」mean?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/58311/5010)




It's not a variant of を. It's an elongated 手/気/etc, and を is still omitted.
This type of elongation very commonly happens with a single-mora word before
omitted を (both in fiction and real conversations), but it can happen also
before omitted が, は, etc.

  * ざまぁないな。 ([ざま **は** ない](https://kotobank.jp/word/%E6%A7%98%E3%81%AF%E7%84%A1%E3%81%84-511908)な。)
  * 手ぇ出ちまったんだ。 (手 **が** 出てしまったんだ。)
  * 気ぃ抜けてんじゃない？ (気 **が** 抜けてるんじゃない？)
  * 国ぃ帰ったら… (国 **へ** 帰ったら…)

See:

  * [手えふった - what is the "え” here?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/25600/5010)
  * [What do the 「ああなる」and「気いします」mean?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/58311/5010)

