WATCH: What's the Difference Between Y'all and Ya'll?
There's only one correct way to spell it, y'all
The South is known for its laundry list of unique, quirky, cultural sayings—like "Bless your heart
WATCH: What's the Difference Between Y'all and Ya'll?
There's only one correct way to spell it, y'all
The South is known for its laundry list of unique, quirky, cultural sayings—like "Bless your heart," "Too big for his britches," and "Well, I s'wanee," just to name a few of our favorites. But the best-known word in the Southern vernacular is probably our most-loved pronoun: y'all. A contraction of "you" and "all," as defined by our Mason Dixonary, "y'all" is used when addressing or referencing two or more people. Though "y'all" is inherently plural, in the instance of addressing a larger group of people, "all y'all" is more of a casual, slang phrase that's sometimes used. Like how all soda is called Coke and all tea is sweet unless otherwise noted, "y'all" is a key piece of Southern verbiage that's deeply engrained in our culture. Even Siri understands what means it now.
There is a correct—and incorrect—way to spell this fond colloquialism, however. This familiar pronoun is included in the Merriam-Webster dictionary, a trus