A question for the Southerners here

.280 freak

Ya gots ta 'scuse this old Northern guy fer not knowing this. It's a small thing, but something I've wondered about.

Which is correct -

Yall

Y'all

Ya'll

Ya'all


I'm kinda thinking that the first and the last are most likely wrong, but what about the other two? To me, the second one that I listed just seems like it should be the correct one. Or is there another form of the contraction that I didn't list? Thanks.

Boomerang

Educated old south - You all!
Educated new south - Y'all!
Uneducated old/new south - Yall!

Boomer



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dheffley

Boomerang teaches "Advanced Communications" and "English 101" at the "University of Texas". He is a "Professor of Language Skills", is "Dean of the English Department" and is "Quad-Lingual" i.e., he speaks "North Texas", "East Texas", "West Texas", and "South Texas". Everyone knows that "Central Texas" is just a combination of the other four. Though too modest to flaunt his degrees, he has both a "PhD. of Southern Language Composition", and a "PhD. of Grammer, South of the Red River". We are fortunate to have him here, and very proud of his accomplishments.

Thanks Boom, See ya'll later!

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Edited by - dheffley on 06/23/2002 13:14:35

Edited by - dheffley on 06/23/2002 13:25:40

COONASS

It's not proper english just a slang word.......so it really doesn't matter how you use it.....I do...yall......

In the south we can take a 100 proper word essay and say it in 60 words or less and no one from around here would think twice...

coonass

We Live in a World of Give And Take, But A Lot Of People Won't Give What it Takes.

varmit hunter

It mainly depends on what part of the South yall from. Now using DR. Booms info. Yall know were I fit. My biggest problem, Is that I am half Coonass, Born ,And rased in Texas.
A man once told me that he felt very sorry for me. When I asked why, He said "Being half coonass, The other half of you knows what you are missing". He is so right. They are the most wondefull people in the world, If they like you.

The most important things, Are not things.

Brth729

Having been born in the north, and lived in the south, the differences between the two never ceased to amaze me. Language being the most perplexing. Until I had lived there long enough to understand some "characteristics" of the southern spoken word, I very often only picked up on only half of what was said. My name is Brian, and am often called B by my closest friends. In the north, if I were hunting with a friend, he might say something like this:
" Hey B. See the itty bitty bird?"
If I were hunting in the south with a friend, he could convey the same thought using only a handful of letters and one word.
" A B. C d e d b d bird? "
I'm not sure which would be the acceptable way of which would be correct, but I think I would have to lean toward the second of your four choices.


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gruntled

It's a contraction of "you all" so y'all is correct.

Happiness is being carded when you ask for the senior discount.

Boomerang

Thanks for the accolades, but all my degrees are from east of the Mississippi. Texacans have an entirely different dialect than true southerners.

Boomer


"Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as it is by the obstacles which one has overcome while trying to succeed."

COONASS

Boom whats a "true southerner"?

We Live in a World of Give And Take, But A Lot Of People Won't Give What it Takes.

alledan

They are all the same,it just depends on how fast or slow we speak it at the time.

Never ask why but only the value of.

Boomerang

I guess one could say that a "true southerner" is a descendant of anyone that lived in southern states east of the Mississippi where all the major battles were fought during the "War of Northern Aggression" Myself born in LA (lower Alabama), and now live in Tennessee.

As aside note, this appears to be my last posting as a Junior Member. From this point forward I will now hold the lofty title as Member. Wow it only took me 2 years to get here.

Boomer


"Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as it is by the obstacles which one has overcome while trying to succeed."

Harleeman1030

Throw in a six pack and a bug zapper and the party's on lol...And no it's the west coast ones started that ebonics chit..LMAO

sig-man

Yu'uns just keep me crackn' up over here to the trailer park...

R.I.P 45, 28, 3

COONASS

LTS.......a youte.....is a youth

east or west of the mississippi.....yall think this is two different types of southerners if so explain please..........

coonass

We Live in a World of Give And Take, But A Lot Of People Won't Give What it Takes.

dheffley

Let it go Coonass. They think they're the only ones down here.
hehehehehehe!

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COONASS

Okay its gone !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We Gon Pass a good time yeah sha...............


coonass
west of the Mississippi

We Live in a World of Give And Take, But A Lot Of People Won't Give What it Takes.

RugerNiner

Yous'e people talk funny.
I spent twenty-two years in Lancaster,Pa. You should here them talk.
Outen the light Throw the cow over the fence some hayit's all (there is none left) To late smart - to soon old

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groundhog devastation

We don't talk funny down here. Y'all just can't slow your ears down!!! GHD