Ya'll or Y'all???

Dang fire, missy, don't much matter, do it?

in TN, we spell it ya'll!

You all. All is a complete word. You is missing letters and you put an apostrophe where letters are missing so...

You

Y'all

All Y'all

yup definitely Y'all... you + all.

Totally this. When I see "Ya'll" I think "Ya will", like "You'll" except the countrified version =)

Do a search.

This is correct.  "All Y'all" is the plural plural.

Oh, and the plural plural of "youse" is "youse guys."

I think the other day somebody posted why this was a necessary word in English and gave example on when no other word could be rightfully used...
anybody?




I think its y'all btw.



mexican who learned english.


 

If there's such a grammatically correct spelling it's "Y'all"
However, I didn't realize this until AFTER I moved from Louisiana at age 26.
So I think it depends on where you live...

North of Mason-Dixon "Y'all"  (if you even use it)
South of Mason-Dixon "Ya'll"

And of course, don't forget the possessive form... Y'all's

Y'all.

Though I prefer Youse Guys or Yo!

Since it is an English "bastardized" contraction of "you" and "all", it is "y'all" and not a real word, the more acceptable way is the phrase "All of you", y'all, eh dere. 

Edited by 1stTimeTri 2011-01-28 9:24 PM

As a Texan I can say with 100% certainty that it is Y'ALL.

Texans also like to say "fixin."

Example: 
Bill: Hey, where are you going?
Me: I'm fixin' to go to the store, to get y'all some beer.

Hey y'all- Dino's buying!

Edited by gearboy 2011-01-29 2:03 PM

x2.  Something wrong with sayin fixin?

My roommates from the North used to laugh at me for the use of fixin'. 

Typical conversation when they were trying to bait me:

Them:  Hey Ken, what are you doing?  (seeing me in the kitchen)
Me:  I'm fixin' to fix supper.
Them: [laughter]

Wouldn't it be "I'm fixin' to goat the store, to get y'all some beer." ? Or is that a different southern locale that makes "go to" into one word? My mom is from Northern Iowa and even she says "goat" for "go to".

'Sconnie speak - "Imagonna go get yous some beers, eh".

Here in Oklahoma, we spell it ya'll.  I realize correct grammar would have it as y'all, but I'm not sure slang follows rules.

In Georgia it's "fixinta" as one word

Say brother, I'm from OKC and I've always spelled it y'all.   Then again, y'all in Pauls Valley were always a little weird. 

Edited by crowny2 2011-01-31 12:54 PM