Y'all vs. All y'all
Y'all is a 2nd person plural pronoun.
All Y'all is the plural of Y'all. Used when referring to a group of groups.
ex.
When taking a group photograph, the photographer might say: "Ima Jean, you and ya'll short people sit on this row of chairs. Billy Bob, you and ya'll tall people stand behind the chairs. Now, all ya'll smile!"
Maybe this will help some of our carpet baggin, err, Northern friends.
http://www.amazon.com/How-Speak-Southern-Steve-Mitchell/dp/0553275194
I was (am?) a carpetbagger,
If you're from the North, you're either a carpet bagger, who is someone just passing through and taking advantage of fine Southern folk, or you're a Damn Yankee, who is someone who decided to settle in the South and tell us how you did it so much better up North.
Either way, you're not welcome.![]()
As long as it just keeps going straight down to Florida!Still angry, eh?
They're going to add another lane to I95 southbound...
As long as it just keeps going straight down to Florida!
Still angry, eh?
Y'all vs. All y'all
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There's a subtle difference in meaning.
Yall = You and your collective: you and your company, you and your co-workers, you and your family, you and those in your car, etc.
All yall = You and those like you.
Still angry, eh?
The War Of Northern Aggression only ended about 144 years ago. Of course he's angry.
Extra exits to the penal colony.
One of my buddies went there.![]()
I belong to this unit. Along with the Rats from VMI, we are the last two surviving combat units of the Confederate States Army still in existence.
PS. You know this is all in good fun, right?![]()