What are the letters being removed with the apostrophe there though?
the A in all
It's a contraction of ya and all.
I think I pronounce ya differently than y'all
Like, "See ya later" is the only time I can think that I say ya instead of you (and even that is only a sometimes)
And that is very specifically a yuh sound
Whereas y'all is like an aw sound, so it sounds similar to the word yawl
no you're right, this is the correct take
obviously it's slang AND a contraction so it's kind of anything goes, but it makes way more sense to me that y'all is a contraction of 'you all' and not 'ya all'
there's an argument to be made that ya'll more closely follows other, more establish contractions like we'll, they're, etc. but due to the pronunciation thing like you said, the fact that y'all is pronounced with the vowel sound from all and not ya, that's clearly not the sound/letter that's being contracted. hence, y'all is *more* correct.
yes i've thought about this way more than anyone should, and there will be no convincing me of any other approach.
and don't get me STARTED on people that write it as lil' and not li'l!
What are the letters being removed with the apostrophe there though?
the A in all
It's a contraction of ya and all.
I think I pronounce ya differently than y'all
Like, "See ya later" is the only time I can think that I say ya instead of you (and even that is only a sometimes)
And that is very specifically a yuh sound
Whereas y'all is like an aw sound, so it sounds similar to the word yawl
no you're right, this is the correct take
obviously it's slang AND a contraction so it's kind of anything goes, but it makes way more sense to me that y'all is a contraction of 'you all' and not 'ya all'
there's an argument to be made that ya'll more closely follows other, more establish contractions like we'll, they're, etc. but due to the pronunciation thing like you said, the fact that y'all is pronounced with the vowel sound from all and not ya, that's clearly not the sound/letter that's being contracted. hence, y'all is *more* correct.
yes i've thought about this way more than anyone should, and there will be no convincing me of any other approach.
and don't get me STARTED on people that write it as lil' and not li'l!
Lil' is short for the notoriously tiny Liliputians and is grammatically fine
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What are the letters being removed with the apostrophe there though?
the A in all
It's a contraction of ya and all.
I think I pronounce ya differently than y'all
Like, "See ya later" is the only time I can think that I say ya instead of you (and even that is only a sometimes)
And that is very specifically a yuh sound
Whereas y'all is like an aw sound, so it sounds similar to the word yawl
no you're right, this is the correct take
obviously it's slang AND a contraction so it's kind of anything goes, but it makes way more sense to me that y'all is a contraction of 'you all' and not 'ya all'
there's an argument to be made that ya'll more closely follows other, more establish contractions like we'll, they're, etc. but due to the pronunciation thing like you said, the fact that y'all is pronounced with the vowel sound from all and not ya, that's clearly not the sound/letter that's being contracted. hence, y'all is *more* correct.
yes i've thought about this way more than anyone should, and there will be no convincing me of any other approach.
and don't get me STARTED on people that write it as lil' and not li'l!
Lil' is short for the notoriously tiny Liliputians and is grammatically fine
What are the letters being removed with the apostrophe there though?
the A in all
It's a contraction of ya and all.
I think I pronounce ya differently than y'all
Like, "See ya later" is the only time I can think that I say ya instead of you (and even that is only a sometimes)
And that is very specifically a yuh sound
Whereas y'all is like an aw sound, so it sounds similar to the word yawl
no you're right, this is the correct take
obviously it's slang AND a contraction so it's kind of anything goes, but it makes way more sense to me that y'all is a contraction of 'you all' and not 'ya all'
there's an argument to be made that ya'll more closely follows other, more establish contractions like we'll, they're, etc. but due to the pronunciation thing like you said, the fact that y'all is pronounced with the vowel sound from all and not ya, that's clearly not the sound/letter that's being contracted. hence, y'all is *more* correct.
yes i've thought about this way more than anyone should, and there will be no convincing me of any other approach.
and don't get me STARTED on people that write it as lil' and not li'l!
Lil' is short for the notoriously tiny Liliputians and is grammatically fine
counterpoint, they spell it Li'l Sebastian, who is the best little thing to ever exist and so takes precedent over all others
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But Y'all is a contraction of You and All. That's... that's what it means. That's why the apostrophe is where it is.
Also, "Howdy, Yarrr" is clearly the correct answer.
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What are the letters being removed with the apostrophe there though?
the A in all
It's a contraction of ya and all.
I think I pronounce ya differently than y'all
Like, "See ya later" is the only time I can think that I say ya instead of you (and even that is only a sometimes)
And that is very specifically a yuh sound
Whereas y'all is like an aw sound, so it sounds similar to the word yawl
no you're right, this is the correct take
obviously it's slang AND a contraction so it's kind of anything goes, but it makes way more sense to me that y'all is a contraction of 'you all' and not 'ya all'
there's an argument to be made that ya'll more closely follows other, more establish contractions like we'll, they're, etc. but due to the pronunciation thing like you said, the fact that y'all is pronounced with the vowel sound from all and not ya, that's clearly not the sound/letter that's being contracted. hence, y'all is *more* correct.
yes i've thought about this way more than anyone should, and there will be no convincing me of any other approach.
and don't get me STARTED on people that write it as lil' and not li'l!
Lil' is short for the notoriously tiny Liliputians and is grammatically fine
Similarly, Bro is short for the notoriously huge Brobdingnagians and is also fine.
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(Looking back, being concerned with how to properly write y'all was a very middle class white thing. There were a lot of little things like that people would use to show that they were True Southerners Without All the Ignorance and Racism. I thought it was admirable as a kid. As an adult I wish Sherman had finished the job he started...)
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I think I pronounce ya differently than y'all
Like, "See ya later" is the only time I can think that I say ya instead of you (and even that is only a sometimes)
And that is very specifically a yuh sound
Whereas y'all is like an aw sound, so it sounds similar to the word yawl
no you're right, this is the correct take
obviously it's slang AND a contraction so it's kind of anything goes, but it makes way more sense to me that y'all is a contraction of 'you all' and not 'ya all'
there's an argument to be made that ya'll more closely follows other, more establish contractions like we'll, they're, etc. but due to the pronunciation thing like you said, the fact that y'all is pronounced with the vowel sound from all and not ya, that's clearly not the sound/letter that's being contracted. hence, y'all is *more* correct.
yes i've thought about this way more than anyone should, and there will be no convincing me of any other approach.
and don't get me STARTED on people that write it as lil' and not li'l!
Lil' is short for the notoriously tiny Liliputians and is grammatically fine
Wow got some real bro' brain thoughts here
counterpoint, they spell it Li'l Sebastian, who is the best little thing to ever exist and so takes precedent over all others
Also, "Howdy, Yarrr" is clearly the correct answer.
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Similarly, Bro is short for the notoriously huge Brobdingnagians and is also fine.
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(Looking back, being concerned with how to properly write y'all was a very middle class white thing. There were a lot of little things like that people would use to show that they were True Southerners Without All the Ignorance and Racism. I thought it was admirable as a kid. As an adult I wish Sherman had finished the job he started...)
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