Y'all, archaically spelled "You-all'", is a contraction of the phrase "you all", and is pronounced as one syllable. It is used as a plural second-person pronoun. Commonly believed to have originated in the Southern United States, it is primarily associated with Southern American English, African-American Vernacular English, and some dialects of the Western United States. It is also used outside the United States in Sri Lankan English, as well as several UK regional dialects.

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  • Y'all, archaically spelled "You-all'", is a contraction of the phrase "you all", and is pronounced as one syllable. It is used as a plural second-person pronoun. Commonly believed to have originated in the Southern United States, it is primarily associated with Southern American English, African-American Vernacular English, and some dialects of the Western United States. It is also used outside the United States in Sri Lankan English, as well as several UK regional dialects.
  • Y'all, a veces mal escrito como «ya'll», «yawl» o «yaw» y arcaicamente escrito «you-all», es una gramaticalización fusionada de la frase «you all». Es usado principalmente como un pronombre plural de segunda persona y menos comúnmente como un pronombre singular de segunda persona. Comúnmente se creía que se había originado en el sur de Estados Unidos, es asociado principalmente con el inglés del sur de Estados Unidos, el inglés vernáculo afroamericano y algunos dialectos de Estados Unidos Occidental.
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  • Y'all (magazine)
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  • 1948, p.337
  • H.L. Mencken, ''The American Language: An Inquiry into the Development of English in the United States
  • is a cardinal article of faith in the South. ... Nevertheless, it has been questioned very often, and with a considerable showing of evidence. Ninety-nine times out of a hundred, to be sure, you-all indicates a plural, implicit if not explicit, and thus means, when addressed to a single person, 'you and your folks' or the like, but the hundredth time it is impossible to discover any such extension of meaning.
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  • Y'all, archaically spelled "You-all'", is a contraction of the phrase "you all", and is pronounced as one syllable. It is used as a plural second-person pronoun. Commonly believed to have originated in the Southern United States, it is primarily associated with Southern American English, African-American Vernacular English, and some dialects of the Western United States. It is also used outside the United States in Sri Lankan English, as well as several UK regional dialects.
  • Y'all, a veces mal escrito como «ya'll», «yawl» o «yaw» y arcaicamente escrito «you-all», es una gramaticalización fusionada de la frase «you all». Es usado principalmente como un pronombre plural de segunda persona y menos comúnmente como un pronombre singular de segunda persona.
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