Come talk about fun and quirky words in the English Language. Posting is open to all members.
y'all
a contraction of you and all


Come talk about fun and quirky words in the English Language. Posting is open to all members.
a contraction of you and all

Come talk about fun and quirky words in the English Language. Posting is open to all members.
You guys probably know this one, but I think dialects are fascinating. Y'all fills a unique grammatical need that is not filled by any other pronoun. But if you use it, you are uneducated.
Personal opinion is that we should all be less pretentious and use language if it is useful. So y'all away, y'all.
Being from TN originally I find I often use a fourth variation: you all. This is not the contracted pronunciation y'all. They are two distinct words, or pretty close to it.