Ya'll are a bad influence on me.

Would that be “you’ns”? “y’ones” …Yo’ones? :confused:
You’re right…that is hard.

Could be worse. What if they were being mode? Or median?

Actually, you can look it up. Check out the chapter on contractions in any grade school grammar book, and you’ll see that the apostrophe replaces letters, not sounds. Therefore, the correct spelling is “y’all”, since the apostrophe replaces the “ou” in “you”.

It’s y’all, regardless of pronunciation, IMHO. And I would spell you-uns like this.

I misspell things all the time, usually because I’m always in a hurry, but last week has got to be the dumbest I have felt in a long time.

When trying to pay by check, instead of my usual debit card, I forgot how to spell my name when it was time to sign it. :eek:

That’s what you think. MWWWAHAHAHHAHAHA!!! Don’t look behind you!

[sub]Of course I’m kidding. The woman knows how to make redeye gravy![/sub]

Bosda, Federal Witless Program. BWAHAHAHAHAHA Now that was funny.

Are y’all/ya’ll having fun beating that poor dead horse? :slight_smile:

Neigh.

What killed that horse? Ah, it was a 1920’s-style “Death Ray”.

Depends. There are a couple of places where the spelling would be you’uns, however, around Pittsburgh, the spelling follows the pronunciation as yinz.

While we’re correcting the spelling of conversational contractions, may I bring up the following?

I keep seeing some of y’all on these boards referring to other people not as old as they are, as “youngins”. WTF is that? If yer gonna contract “young” and “ones”, this would be “young’uns”, with an apostrophe. Or an overnite sensation, take your pick. Sorry, Frank.

I was assuming that you meant yous which is actually a Philly/NJ/NYC contraction of you and guys.

If she says yous that’s probably what she means.

Are you sure it wasn’t some high spirited breast flashing instead ?