Re: Texas Slang: A Net Poll

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From: C. Dru Cabler
Date: Thu, 13 Oct 1994 17:50

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In article <CxH0CM.BFM@fwrdc.rtsg.mot.com>,
Rich White <rwhite@fwrdc.rtsg.mot.com> wrote:
>Fellow Texans,
>
>We have something of a debate raging at work regarding the Texas
>slangism for addressing a group of people so I thought maybe we
>could resolve the debate with an informal net poll.
>
>What's the proper spelling?
>
>A. yall
>B. ya'll
>C. y'all
>D. other (please specify)
>
>Thanks in advance for your help!
>
>Rich White (rwhite@ftw.mot.com)

It's not strictly a "Texas slangism".  It's more a "Southern
U.S. slangism".              

At any rate, the full-blown form is you-all, according to my
Webster's New World.  Given that, the correct spelling for
the contraction would be y'all with the apostrophe taking
the place of the ou-.

Dru Cabler
Advanced Micro Devices
above opinions are my own and not my employer's

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