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Please explain what letters are being replaced by the apostrophe where you have it.
And I think you're missing one in "it's" as well.
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as in you all...
urban dictionary meaning :142smilie :0corn
1. ya'll 540 up, 356 down
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How idiots spell y'all.
Idiot: ya'll are crazy omfg n00bs
Non-idiot: Y'all are crazy!
by anonymous Mar 14, 2005 share this
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Slang contraction for the 2nd person plural pronoun, utilized amongst the indigenous populations of the southern continental United States.
Origin: Often incorrectly attributed to the contraction of "you + all," the word actually originated from the fusing of "ya + all." The kind of fella who would say ya'll for the first time would not be enunciating a clean and crisp "you" in his daily speech. "You" wasn't in his spoken vocabulary, but "ya" was. Now, try to say "ya all." It is actually not easy to do as two separate words. To say it with a normal cadence, it already almost sounds like ya'll, but with the slightest stutter. "Ya all" quite naturally slips into the familiar pronoun we all use. Ya + all = ya'll. When you look at it that way, the placement of the apostrophe after the "a" makes sense. Alternately, you + all = y'all. However, the ya + all transition more naturally illustrates the origin of "ya'll." "You all" is cumbersome, although that is usually how yall is explained to uninitiated Yankees, whose experience with "ya" is often limited. "You all" just doesn't lead the the inevi...
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by Ross Roberts Jul 1, 2005 share this
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The wrong spelling of y'all.
Cash has a new tattoo with ya'll on it.
ya'll y'all yawl cash stupid
by Jack Isamazing Jan 18, 2009 share this
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The correct spelling for the commonly misspelled word, y'all. The word originates in the south-eastern United States and is a contraction formed from the words 'ya' and 'all,' the 'ya' being the short-form of you. The apostrophe is placed after the a because in contractions, letters are removed from the second word, and thus, y'all is gramatically incorrect, leaving ya'll as the proper method of spelling the word.
Will ya'll quiet down for a moment please?
I'll see ya'll later.
ya'll y'all southern dialect slang common misspellings
by miserablestar Aug 31, 2007 share this
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Being a New Orleanian born and raised, ya'll is the combination of you + all, with the 'you' being shortened to 'ya' and combined with 'all'.
'You' to 'ya':
Ya' heard me?
Variations include ya'll:
ya'll's
all ya'll
all ya'lls
and
all ya'lls'
slang southern south rap dialect local new orleans
by LaBlue Girl Oct 8, 2006 share this
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See the correct spelling: y'all
Y'all come back now.
by spacey-g Mar 12, 2005 share this
7. ya'll 87 up, 95 down
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not just for hicks, rednecks, wannabes and pimps like a previous definition states. It is the combination of "You" + "All". Common slang for residents of the southern states.
Are ya'll coming to dinner?
Ya'll aren't suppose to go in there.
In New York it's Yous
As in ......."yous want a beer?"
This applies whether you are inquiring to one friend or a room full of people.
As in ......."yous want a beer?"
This applies whether you are inquiring to one friend or a room full of people.
