# Just an FYI for all of ya'll- **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 24, 2007, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-an-fyi-for-all-of-yall/423781 "2007-10-24T02:17:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2007, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-an-fyi-for-all-of-yall/423781/21 "2007-10-24T15:01:35Z")
all youse all yiz ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2007, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-an-fyi-for-all-of-yall/423781/22 "2007-10-24T15:24:16Z")
[QUOTE=gigi] #192? We’ve got to start posting like a motherfucker to up our score!! [/QUOTE] I’m doing my share. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2007, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-an-fyi-for-all-of-yall/423781/23 "2007-10-24T15:26:57Z")
When I do a Google search on my username, I get a few references to other people who use Lurkmeister as a username on other boards, and a link to a thread that a friend started on Fathom when I hit 10,000 posts there. ---
**Author:** ![Lionne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2007, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-an-fyi-for-all-of-yall/423781/24 "2007-10-24T15:30:03Z")
Alls y’all. Me too! ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2007, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-an-fyi-for-all-of-yall/423781/25 "2007-10-24T15:38:02Z")
It’s just _y’all_. “Y’all” is the second person plural. Adding a second “all” is redundant, like saying _I’m am going to the store_. ---
**Author:** ![Auntbeast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Auntbeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Auntbeast)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2007, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-an-fyi-for-all-of-yall/423781/26 "2007-10-24T15:49:58Z")
But I’m AM going to the store! The correct terminology is “ya’ll” however, when encompassing a large group it is appropriate to specify that you mean “all ya’ll.” All of ya’ll, is never correct. I’m afraid to look there. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2007, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-an-fyi-for-all-of-yall/423781/27 "2007-10-24T16:03:26Z")
[QUOTE=OneCentStamp] It’s just _y’all_. “Y’all” is the second person plural. Adding a second “all” is redundant, like saying _I’m am going to the store_. [/QUOTE] “All y’all” is a super-plural. Consider this scenario. You’re addressing pairs of competitors. You declare, “I’m gonna beat y’all, and I’m gonna beat y’all, and I’m gonna beat y’all… hell, I’m gonna beat all y’all.” ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2007, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-an-fyi-for-all-of-yall/423781/28 "2007-10-24T16:09:17Z")
All y’all realize y’all are arguing about language, and slang, at that, right? They ain’t no one right answer, y’all! In some places, y’all is singular and in others, it be plural! Sheeit. ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2007, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-an-fyi-for-all-of-yall/423781/29 "2007-10-24T16:16:42Z")
[QUOTE=Liberal] “All y’all” is a super-plural. Consider this scenario. You’re addressing pairs of competitors. You declare, “I’m gonna beat y’all, and I’m gonna beat y’all, and I’m gonna beat y’all… hell, I’m gonna beat all y’all.” [/QUOTE] If Eddy Murphy was a redneck… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2007, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-an-fyi-for-all-of-yall/423781/30 "2007-10-24T16:21:24Z")
What happened just after the middle of August that caused the spike in activity? ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2007, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-an-fyi-for-all-of-yall/423781/31 "2007-10-24T16:24:58Z")
[QUOTE=WhyNot] All y’all realize y’all are arguing about language, and slang, at that, right? [/QUOTE] Wrong. It is not slang. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2007, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-an-fyi-for-all-of-yall/423781/32 "2007-10-24T16:26:14Z")
[QUOTE=Liberal] Wrong. It is not slang. [/QUOTE] No? Then it’s part of several distinct dialects, and the point still stands. ---
**Author:** ![Santo\_Rugger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Santo\_Rugger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santo_Rugger)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2007, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-an-fyi-for-all-of-yall/423781/33 "2007-10-24T16:30:45Z")
[QUOTE=Cervaise] What happened just after the middle of August that caused the spike in activity? [/QUOTE] School started up again, so people were at their computers more? ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2007, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-an-fyi-for-all-of-yall/423781/34 "2007-10-24T16:31:48Z")
[QUOTE=Cervaise] What happened just after the middle of August that caused the spike in activity? [/QUOTE] Good question, I was wondering that also. I am guessing the SDMB was mentioned in another more popular location. Jim ---
**Author:** ![Lionne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2007, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-an-fyi-for-all-of-yall/423781/35 "2007-10-24T16:54:28Z")
So what happened on Friday the 5th to cause less than 1,000 posts? Was the board down for a good part of the day? ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2007, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-an-fyi-for-all-of-yall/423781/36 "2007-10-24T20:34:59Z")
Awww Yawww. Roy Blount, Jr. says y’all is singular, and all y’all is plural, in a piece on what southern is. You can call Roy a yankee if you want to show all y’all’s gall. :dubious: The fact is I don’t care. I’m a yankee down to my socks. If you want to argue about that, yawn yown. When college freshmen get new computers and go to school, every new box has a freebie account disc from AOL-y’all and Peepsoft. With the freedom from parent-over-shoulder, they go crazy on the SDMB until classes start. There’s probably a similar spike for the porn sites. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2007, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-an-fyi-for-all-of-yall/423781/37 "2007-10-24T20:43:49Z")
[QUOTE=Lionne] So what happened on Friday the 5th to cause less than 1,000 posts? Was the board down for a good part of the day? [/QUOTE] Any part of the day that the board is down is, by definition, a bad part of the day. ☹ 😛 ---
**Author:** ![buttonjockey308](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@buttonjockey308](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buttonjockey308)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2007, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-an-fyi-for-all-of-yall/423781/38 "2007-10-24T20:56:39Z")
I found two of me here, and two posts ABOUT me on SnarkPit. Sweet. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2007, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-an-fyi-for-all-of-yall/423781/39 "2007-10-24T20:58:09Z")
There’s another _swampbear_ out there! And… dundundun!.. he/she is also from Georgia! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Socks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a8b319/32.png) [@Captain\_Socks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Socks)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2007, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-an-fyi-for-all-of-yall/423781/40 "2007-10-24T21:02:52Z")
It does too have the SDMB! I Googled my username and it picked up a BoardReader version of a thread I started. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-an-fyi-for-all-of-yall/423781.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-an-fyi-for-all-of-yall/423781.md?page=3)