Ya'll vs. Y'all - A Texan's Anguish

[I Only Smoke 4 the Cards]

"Y'all" is a word I use regularly.

[HRBAKER]

I like to use it in conjunction with my other favorite Southern contraction, fixin.'

As in, "Whatta y'all fixin' to do?"

[Leon]

Y'all have this all wrong. And as normal I probably screw up where I put the little apostrophe. But ya'll get the message . If I get a citation can I take defensive driving writing?

[drcy]

My mom's side of the family are WAY up north (a couple hundred miles north of Green Bay) and they all say "Eh" like Bob and Doug McKenzie.

[barrysloate]

Originally Posted by drcy

My mom's side of the family are WAY up north (a couple hundred miles north of Green Bay) and they all say "Eh" like Bob and Doug McKenzie.

Do they call each other hosers?

[frankbmd]

Originally Posted by Leon

Y'all have this all wrong. And as normal I probably screw up where I put the little apostrophe. But ya'll get the message . If I get a citation can I take defensive driving writing?

Yes, you are getting a citation. No fine or jail time, but .....

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Yawl is a sailboat.
Y'all know that.
Ya'll isn't even in the dickshunairy.

[Jayworld]

Being a native North Texas, born, raised, and still dwelling therein, I think y'all is greatness, as is fixin', as in:

Y'all get ready to go 'cause we are fixin' to leave d'reckly…

(that's colloquialism for directly)….

[Orioles1954]

In the Metroplex they say "Howdy" and "Fixin"
In West Texas around Amarillo they say "How-da" and "Fittin'"

I love those Texans

[tiger8mush]

as usual i'm in the minority, but i always spell it "ya'll". A contraction of "ya" (slang for "you") and "all".

Is there a word where the first word is ever contracted? Its usually the second word ...
can not = canno't
we will = wewi'll
you are = youa're
etc

Rob

[drcy]

For those linguistically inclined, this is what my mom's side of the family speak: Wikipedia: Yooper dialect

That's what my maternal first cousins, aunt and uncle speak, and what my grandmother spoke. And, as the article says, it can be difficult to understand at first.

[4815162342]

Originally Posted by drcy

For those linguistically inclined, this is what my mom's side of the family speak: Wikipedia: Yooper dialect

That's what my maternal first cousins, aunt and uncle speak, and what my grandmother spoke. And, as the article says, it can be difficult to understand at first.

That was a surprisingly entertaining read. What did we do before Wikipedia?

[the 'stache]

I tend to make people nuts when I talk. I was born in Milwaukee, raised in Waukesha, WI, and moved to Texas in 1989.

So, when I say something like "do y'all have a bubbler I can get a drink of water from?", invariably, somebody is confused.