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For some reason, I get irritated when people type "y'all". I've been seeing it in these threads lately ("What do y'all think of this?"). Is everyone suddenly trying to "sound" like Paula Deen?
For some reason, I get irritated when people type "y'all". I've been seeing it in these threads lately ("What do y'all think of this?"). Is everyone suddenly trying to "sound" like Paula Deen?
I also really despise "could of/should of" etc.
Paula Deen. Ahhh, Paula Deen. What can I say? I used to watch Paula back in the day before she became PAULA DEEN! She was homey, and folksy, and sometimes fun. But the more popular she became, and the more "Hollywood" she became, the thicker her suthan accent became. Now, I cannot watch or listen to her. I can't be the only one who gets embarrassed for her. All y'all know what I mean?
When I went to school (we rode the big yellow dinosaur) they taught us that "you" can mean more than one person. Do they still teach that?
Actually, they are both in the dictionary, but for all intensive purposes, I could care less about either one.
Origin:
1910–15; ir-2 (prob. after irrespective ) + regardless
—Can be confused: irregardless, regardless (see usage note at this entry ).
—Usage note
Irregardless is considered nonstandard because of the two negative elements ir- and -less. It was probably formed on the analogy of such words as irrespective, irrelevant, and irreparable. Those who use it, including on occasion educated speakers, may do so from a desire to add emphasis. Irregardless first appeared in the early 20th century and was perhaps popularized by its use in a comic radio program of the 1930s.
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/[SIZE=3]yuˈɔl,[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]yɔl[/SIZE]/ Show Spelled[yoo-awl, yawl] Show IPA –pronoun Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. (used in direct address to two or more persons, or to one person who represents a family, organization, etc.): You-all come back now, hear? Tell your mother it's time you-all came to visit us.
One common substitution to “for all intents and purposes” is “for all intensive purposes.” This is very commonly used, and it means something almost directly opposite to the original phrase’s meaning of “for practical purposes.”
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