Pronunciation of Ponce de Leon Boulevard?

[10scoachrick]

Originally Posted by aries4118

From your source:

ya'll776 up, 512 downHow idiots spell y'all.
Idiot: ya'll are crazy omfg n00bs

Non-idiot: Y'all are crazy!



ya'll208 up, 200 downThe wrong spelling of y'all.

That source is truly messed up!

There is no 'are' in the sentence:

"Y'all crazy!"

Carry on, y'all.

[NativeJr]

Originally Posted by suzy_q2010

I'm Georgia born and reared and I've lived here over sixty years.

Ya'll is way older than sixty years and so is the South. The South has changed a lot in the past sixty years. Ya is archaic now. So as new Southerners try to may sense of this great word, ya all has changed to you all. This heritage is still ya all or more appropriately ya'll. Just ask Faulkner.

[suzy_q2010]

Originally Posted by NativeJr

Ya'll is way older than sixty years and so is the South. The South has changed a lot in the past sixty years. Ya is archaic now. So as new Southerners try to may sense of this great word, ya all has changed to you all. This heritage is still ya all or more appropriately ya'll. Just ask Faulkner.

another history blog: More than y'all wanted to know about "y'all"

[bryantm3]

i think suzy just schooled you there, nativejr.

[NativeJr]

Originally Posted by bryantm3

i think suzy just schooled you there, nativejr.

Lol, no, I don't think so. I ain't saying ya'll does not mean you all. I ain't even saying that modern educated people don't spell it y'all. A New York Times reporter in 1886 was a modern, educated person for his time. While that was an interesting read, it still ain't no evidence that ya'll should be spelled that other way. Now, don't get me started on "ain't.

[NativeJr]

Originally Posted by suzy_q2010

Southerners do not say "ya" for "you". That's where the problem is. I've lived here all my life and the only "ya" I hear is from my husband's Yankee relatives.

From today's AJC:

Varsity has football Saturdays

"Waiting on them is a phalanx of 34 servers behind the 17 registers on the 150-foot stainless steel countertop, all hailing customers with the traditional “What’ll ya have?” as if they’re tired of waiting for folks to make up their collective minds."

I rest my case.

[10scoachrick]

Originally Posted by NativeJr

From today's AJC:

Varsity has football Saturdays

"Waiting on them is a phalanx of 34 servers behind the 17 registers on the 150-foot stainless steel countertop, all hailing customers with the traditional “What’ll ya have?” as if they’re tired of waiting for folks to make up their collective minds."

I rest my case.

Just a reporter/editor error. In this case, I believe the correct spelling would be "Whatdahyuh-HAVE, whatdahyuh-have?"

Ya, indeed.

[arjay57]

Originally Posted by NativeJr

Lol, no, I don't think so. I ain't saying ya'll does not mean you all. I ain't even saying that modern educated people don't spell it y'all.

I'm not an educated person but I've always spelled it y'all and don't recall seeing it spelled any other way. In the south or elsewhere.

These days I hear "y'all" and "you guys" used pretty much interchangeably and with equal frequency.