Kayllaira wrote:
Xeoni wrote:
Did you know that ya'll is actually correct grammar?
Only if the apostrophe is after the y. otherwise it's "ya all", not "you all". <3
Happy Thanksgiving guys! I am thankful for all of you, because you keep me entertained and are great friends. You were here to offer kind words during the worst few weeks of my life this summer, and I am truly grateful for that.
What's everyone doing today? :]
I went with Ya'll because it's what my phone normally corrects to but Y'all makes more sense to me. That being said, there's a lot of debate of where the apostrophe belongs.
I read somewhere that it originated from "Ya all", "Ya" being an accepted varient of "you".
Then here's what lolwikipedia has to say
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y%27all#Origin"There is evidence that the original spelling was ya'll. The spelling of ya’ll could have originated from the contraction of ya-all because ya was a common spoken slang form of the word you. 19th and 20th century authors like William Faulkner, Ernest Hemingway, and Carson McCullers used ya’ll. Though becoming less common, the spelling of ya’ll is still used within the Southern United States."
but no reference so idk.
I'd like to see some more concrete evidence one way or another.
Edit: You + Will = You'll / I + Am = I'm
The apostrophe replaces the first half of the second word so
Ya + All = Ya'll
Not siding with either yet, just presenting more thoughts D:
