Re: Y'all or Ya'll?
Posted: Sun May 02, 2010 7:20 pm
Youz guyz should know better!
Quahog wrote:Youz guyz should know better!
I knew a guy that said that all the time. Drove me nuts.
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Re: Y'all or Ya'll?
Posted: Sun May 02, 2010 7:31 pm
I knew a guy that said that all the time. Drove me nuts.
Re: Y'all or Ya'll?
Posted: Sun May 02, 2010 7:40 pm
There Y'all go stright from the pen of the bard.adv wrote:Being born and raised in the land of Shakespeare I can put this to rest with a quote from one of the Bard's works:
Hamlet, Act 1 Scene 5: "Alas poor Yorick I knew him well, at least better than y'all anyways".
Re: Y'all or Ya'll?
Posted: Sun May 02, 2010 8:09 pm
The translation I have — the Piney Woods Edition — says "Alas poor Yorick; I knew him well... ...leastways, better'n all y'all."adv wrote:Being born and raised in the land of Shakespeare I can put this to rest with a quote from one of the Bard's works:
Hamlet, Act 1 Scene 5: "Alas poor Yorick I knew him well, at least better than y'all anyways".
Re: Y'all or Ya'll?
Posted: Sun May 02, 2010 8:31 pm
Indeed, I believe that is the translation John Wayne chose to use when he played Hamlet back in '73, seen by many critics as a classic interpretation of the role.The Annoyed Man wrote:adv wrote:Being born and raised in the land of Shakespeare I can put this to rest with a quote from one of the Bard's works:
Hamlet, Act 1 Scene 5: "Alas poor Yorick I knew him well, at least better than y'all anyways".
The translation I have — the Piney Woods Edition — says "Alas poor Yorick; I knew him well... ...leastways, better'n all y'all."
Re: Y'all or Ya'll?
Posted: Sun May 02, 2010 9:23 pm
I tend to stay away from regional contractions. I simply say "you all", unless I'm talkin' fast. 
Re: Y'all or Ya'll?
Posted: Sun May 02, 2010 10:32 pm
y'all = you all (y'all come back)
she'll = she will (she'll be coming round the mountain)
ya'll = yankees will (ya'll spell y'all wrong)
she'll = she will (she'll be coming round the mountain)
ya'll = yankees will (ya'll spell y'all wrong)
Re: Y'all or Ya'll?
Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 2:51 am
For the win. Game over.boomerang wrote:y'all = you all (y'all come back)
she'll = she will (she'll be coming round the mountain)
ya'll = yankees will (ya'll spell y'all wrong)
Re: Y'all or Ya'll?
Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 3:39 am
chabouk wrote:For the win. Game over.boomerang wrote:y'all = you all (y'all come back)
she'll = she will (she'll be coming round the mountain)
ya'll = yankees will (ya'll spell y'all wrong)
