What's the difference between y'all, y'all's, all y'all's, y'all'dve, y'ant, and y'all'd've?

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Sparkletor 2.0 said:
@SamanthaPrater says the correct spelling is ya'll.
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Y'all is a contraction of you all. The apostrophe separates the fragments of the words it contracts. You doesn't have an a in it, so ya'll must be a contraction of ya all or possibly ya will, which is retarded because ya isn't a word. Even you'll, as in Viper's seminal classic You'll Cowards Don't Even Smoke Crack, makes more sense as it could feasibly be a contraction of you all. If you're just going to ignore the established logic you might as well not use an apostrophe at all.

Anyway OP you forgot y'all'll.
 
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dick brain said:
Y'all is a contraction of you all. The apostrophe separates the fragments of the words it contracts. You doesn't have an a in it, so ya'll must be a contraction of ya all or possibly ya will, which is retarded because ya isn't a word. Even you'll, as in Viper's seminal classic You'll Cowards Don't Even Smoke Crack, makes more sense as it could feasibly be a contraction of you all. If you're just going to ignore the established logic you might as well not use an apostrophe at all.

Anyway OP you forgot y'all'll.
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Incorrect. Ya'll is allegedly how Northerners say and spell it.
SamanthaPrater said:
Ya'll is written in various ways due to different dialects using it . Northerners tend to spell it this way as well.
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Daddy's Angry Juice said:
I've stated this before but I believe we should retire y'all for the far superior you'uns
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Ahem. It is yinz, please and thank you.

Anyway:
Y'all= You all
Y'all's= Your
All y'all's= All of your
Y'all'dve (A misspelling of Y'all'd've) = You all would/should have
Y'ant (a misspelling of Y'ain't)= You have/are not
Y'all'd've= See Y'all'dve
 
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OrionBalls said:
Ahem. It is yinz, please and thank you.

Anyway:
Y'all= You all
Y'all's= Your
All y'all's= All of your
Y'all'dve (A misspelling of Y'all'd've) = You all would/should have
Y'ant (a misspelling of Y'ain't)= You have not
Y'all'd've= See Y'all'dve
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But what about ya'll?
 
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