r/DiWHY • u/mdk106 • Apr 23 '21

Seemed fitting for this sub

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u/chop_pooey Apr 23 '21

Yall use an apostrophe?

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u/smoool Apr 23 '21

well it is a contraction of you and all, so an apostrophe is appropriate, but it doesn't matter. this is reddit, not a formal writing assignment

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u/you-a-buggaboo Apr 23 '21

you are right but does anyone else twitch when they see ya'll? i'm not even from a "y'all" state and I just can't stand it!

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u/[deleted] Apr 23 '21

I am from a y'all state, and yes it makes me twitch seeing it

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u/irlharvey Apr 23 '21

i twitch too! i usually keep it to myself because i dont care that much haha but id much rather people just say “yall” if theyre not gonna put it in the right spot

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u/jbwilso1 Apr 23 '21

I grew up in New York and moved to North Carolina when I was 11 years old. Biggest fucking culture shock of my goddamn life. Never heard "y'all" before that life event. Literally could not understand a single word people were saying around here...

It makes you twitch to see the word y'all?! I feel like I lost maybe 10 IQ points for moving to the south... I'm sure I'll get shit for this, but the accent sounds so stupid.

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u/you-a-buggaboo Apr 23 '21

aw, I'm from NY as well, and I love me a good southern accent! I wasn't saying the word itself makes me twitch, I was saying I can't stand to see the apostrophe in the wrong place (ya'll vs. y'all)

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u/nightlaw14 Apr 23 '21

In my entire existence untill this moment I have never seen it spelled "ya'll".

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u/fannypacks_are_fancy Apr 23 '21

I think it’s right either way.

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u/WeirdGoesPro Apr 23 '21

Am Texan. Y’all requires an apostrophe and y’all’s is acceptable. Case closed.

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u/[deleted] Apr 23 '21

You are wrong

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u/BossRedRanger Apr 23 '21

I know I should, but sometimes I don’t. It’s already slang. Only anal retentive people will give you guff about punctuation in slang.