Y'all or Ya'll?

[Quahog]

Youz guyz should know better!

[USA1]

Youz guyz should know better!

I knew a guy that said that all the time. Drove me nuts.

[MoJo]

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".

There Y'all go stright from the pen of the bard.

[The Annoyed Man]

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."

[adv]

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."

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.

[joe817]

I tend to stay away from regional contractions. I simply say "you all", unless I'm talkin' fast.

[boomerang]

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)

[chabouk]

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)

For the win. Game over.

[Ropin]

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)

For the win. Game over.