Attn all Southerners

[Jaime]

I see it both ways on the board. So which is it?




This may get hotly contested and sent to the debate board.

[franciscanheart]

[b]Y'ALL[/b]


common sense people. the comma goes where the omitted letters once were. y'all is the contraction for 'you all'. the 'o' and 'u' are omitted from the word 'you' therefore the apostrophe will be placed after the 'y' and before the 'a'. very simple really.

[dspen2005]

y'all... it's the only way. whoever says otherwise, isn't southern.....

btw, ROCK ON VA!!!

[toledo_jesus]

either is correct. Though the second one strikes me as the better choice.

wait no, I take it back. typing ya'll is more fun. y-a-apostrophe-double l...it just flows

[Jaime]

[quote name='toledo_jesus' date='Nov 8 2005, 03:17 PM']either is correct.  Though the second one strikes me as the better choice.

wait no, I take it back.  typing ya'll is more fun.  y-a-apostrophe-double l...it just flows
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Now that's a committed response!

[franciscanheart]

please note edited response.

[shortnun]

This word is a conjunction (does anyone else start to sing schoolhouse rocks?). A conjunction combines two words into one. The apostrophe replaces the letter or letters that are not missing.

madam.........ma'am.......... the D is missing
I have............ I've.................. the HA is missing
[b]You all.......... y'all...................the OU is missing[/b]

Raised in the south all my life, for a variety of reasons, 'y'all' and 'coke' are the hardest colloquialisms to erradicate. :

Edited November 8, 2005 by shortnun

[Jaime]

[quote name='hugheyforlife' date='Nov 8 2005, 03:20 PM'] please note edited response.
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You don't even use the apostrophe!

[franciscanheart]

[quote name='hot stuff' date='Nov 8 2005, 03:22 PM']You don't even use the apostrophe!
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what are you TALKING about?

[Jaime]

[quote name='hugheyforlife' date='Nov 8 2005, 03:26 PM'] what are you TALKING about?
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ahem

[quote]I'M A GIRL NOT A MAN [b]YALL[/b]!
It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion; it is easy in solitude to live life after our own;
but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.
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I think your vote just got nullified missy!!

[franciscanheart]

[quote name='hot stuff' date='Nov 8 2005, 03:29 PM']ahem
I think your vote just got nullified missy!!
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i think you're loopy..... i used an apostrophe.

[sweetpea316]

It's supposed to be y'all... but I usually get lazy and don't even put the apostrophe in.

[1337 k4th0l1x0r]

I refuse to speculate

[franciscanheart]

[quote name='sweetpea316' date='Nov 8 2005, 03:33 PM']It's supposed to be y'all... but I usually get lazy and don't even put the apostrophe in. 
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[i]me too.... but shhhh that's our secret....[/i]

[Jaime]

[quote name='hugheyforlife' date='Nov 8 2005, 03:32 PM']  i think you're loopy..... i used an apostrophe.
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I think you changed your sig :

[dspen2005]

[quote name='toledo_jesus' date='Nov 8 2005, 04:17 PM']either is correct.  Though the second one strikes me as the better choice.

wait no, I take it back.  typing ya'll is more fun.  y-a-apostrophe-double l...it just flows
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are u on crack, neal????

two things cannot be correct -- there is a right way and a wrong way .... and it's y'all. PERIOD!

[franciscanheart]

[quote name='hot stuff' date='Nov 8 2005, 03:37 PM']I think you changed your sig :
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[argent_paladin]

[quote name='shortnun' date='Nov 8 2005, 03:21 PM']This word is a conjunction (does anyone else start to sing schoolhouse rocks?). A conjunction combines two words into one. The apostrophe replaces the letter or letters that are not missing.

madam.........ma'am.......... the D is missing
I have............ I've.................. the HA is missing
[b]You all.......... y'all...................the OU is missing[/b]

Raised in the south all my life, for a variety of reasons, 'y'all' and 'coke' are the hardest colloquialisms to erradicate.  :
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Then what letters does the apostrophe in "won't" replace?

[dspen2005]

no need to answer -- that's a northern thing... hahaha

[scardella]

[quote name='argent_paladin' date='Nov 8 2005, 03:49 PM']Then what letters does the apostrophe in "won't" replace?
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I don't know, but I willn't attempt to speculate...