memo

[fox]

May I have your attention, please.

There is no word, in any dialect of English, spelled ya'll. The word you think you're writing when you do that is a contraction of you + all, and is therefore correctly spelled y'all. (Presumably ya'll would be a contraction of ??? [something beginning with ya] + will, following the pattern of other contractions ending with 'll, but damned if I know what.)

Thank you.

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[lizr.livejournal.com]

One of my pets peeves. Especially as a Texan. It has always, is now, and ever will be y'all. There endeth the lesson.

Liz