Spelling question

[Ranger Mom]

This probably isn't even correct grammar...but...

I just typed "Where's y'alls boat?" on another thread. The mozilla spell checker didn't like "y'alls".

How do you spell it, or is it even a word??

The spell check offered this: y'all s (with a space between the l and s):confused: :confused:

[lepfan]

Originally posted by Ranger Mom
This probably isn't even correct grammar...but...

I just typed "Where's y'alls boat?" on another thread. The mozilla spell checker didn't like "y'alls".

How do you spell it, or is it even a word??

The spell check offered this: y'all s (with a space between the l and s):confused: :confused: I am not sure if it is an official word(it is in OK/TX), but y'all is short for you all...so the -'- between the y and all is correct. (or at least it is in MY LITTLE WORLD)

[luvhoops34]

Originally posted by Ranger Mom
This probably isn't even correct grammar...but...

I just typed "Where's y'alls boat?" on another thread. The mozilla spell checker didn't like "y'alls".

How do you spell it, or is it even a word??

The spell check offered this: y'all s (with a space between the l and s):confused: :confused:

There's a simple explanation for this problem. The spell checker was developed by a YANKEE....:eek:

[Ranger Mom]

Originally posted by lepfan
I am not sure if it is an official word, but y'all is short for you all...so the -'- between the y and all is correct. (or at least it is in MY LITTLE WORLD)

Yeah...I thought that was right, but I was trying to make y'all plural and it didn't like it!!

I guess y'all really is plural if you think about it.....but, "where's ya'll boat" doesn't sound right!!

[kepdawg]

Try this next time:

your

[Keith7]

Originally posted by Ranger Mom
Yeah...I thought that was right, but I was trying to make y'all plural and it didn't like it!!

I guess y'all really is plural if you think about it.....but, "where's ya'll boat" doesn't sound right!!

the way you were using it, you were giving possession to y'all, not actually making it plural.. but none the less Mozilla spell check doesn't like y'all's either.. While living in california I learned just to substitute y'all with "you guys", or "your guy's" in this case try that out next time, Mozilla likes it better..

[Ranger Mom]

Originally posted by Keith7
the way you were using it, you were giving possession to y'all, not actually making it plural.. but none the less Mozilla spell check doesn't like y'all's either.. While living in california I learned just to substitute y'all with "you guys", or "your guy's" in this case try that out next time, Mozilla likes it better..

Thanks, but no thanks!!

I will NEVER talk like a Californian if I can help it!

I will always say "y'alls" if the occasion warrants it!!

[Ranger Mom]

Originally posted by kepdawg
Try this next time:

your

I'm from Texas!!;)

[Keith7]

Originally posted by Ranger Mom
Thanks, but no thanks!!

I will NEVER talk like a Californian if I can help it!

I will always say "y'alls" if the occasion warrants it!!

I'm not afraid to bust out the y'all in texas, but some occasions you have to sound more professional.. I guess the downlow wouldn't qualify for that

[kepdawg]

Originally posted by Ranger Mom
I'm from Texas!!;)

And? :thinking:

[Ranger Mom]

Originally posted by Keith7
I'm not afraid to bust out the y'all in texas, but some occasions you have to sound more professional.. I guess the downlow wouldn't qualify for that

LOL!! I can't imagine any place in my life where I would have to sound more professional!

I would use "y'all or y'alls" without even giving it a second thought!!

I wouldn't have given it a second thought now if it hadn't been for that darn red dotted line!!:p :p

[Ranger Mom]

Originally posted by kepdawg
And? :thinking:

I talk like one!!

I don't say "your" if I am addressing more than one person....I say "y'alls"!!:D

[mustang04]

Originally posted by kepdawg
And? :thinking:

and maybe some of us like talking like a texan instead of sounding like everybody else in the US....:D

[Keith7]

Originally posted by Ranger Mom
LOL!! I can't imagine any place in my life where I would have to sound more professional!

I would use "y'all or y'alls" without even giving it a second thought!!

I wouldn't have given it a second thought now if it hadn't been for that darn red dotted line!!:p :p

well in west Texas you can probably get away with it anywhere without anyone thinking twice about it

[Ranger Mom]

Originally posted by Keith7
well in west Texas you can probably get away with it anywhere without anyone thinking twice about it

What is THAT supposed to mean??

[Keith7]

Originally posted by Ranger Mom
What is THAT supposed to mean??

umm umm :helpme:... that people in west texas are more laid back.. :p

[Butkus]

Originally posted by Keith7
umm umm :helpme:... that people in west texas are more laid back.. :p dang uppity city slickers. :mad:

[Ranger Mom]

Originally posted by Keith7
umm umm :helpme:... that people in west texas are more laid back.. :p

Nice save!!!:p

[Ranger Mom]

Originally posted by Butkus
dang uppity city slickers. :mad:

At least we don't pretend to be something we're not.....huh Butkus???

[Butkus]

Originally posted by Ranger Mom
At least we don't pretend to be something we're not.....huh Butkus??? :kiss: :kiss: :kiss: :kiss: nothin uppity bout old Butkus.:D

[Phantom Stang]

Y'all's is the proper possessive of y'all.
Mozilla has a glitch in their program.
If anyone questions you on it, just tell 'em Phantom Stang said so!:p

[mustang04]

Originally posted by Keith7
well in west Texas you can probably get away with it anywhere without anyone thinking twice about it
yeah...thats why i like west texas

[Ranger Mom]

Originally posted by Phantom Stang
Y'all's is the proper possessive of y'all.
Mozilla has a glitch in their program.
If anyone questions you on it, just tell 'em Phantom Stang said so!:p

Woo hoo!!!!!

That was how I tried to spell it initially!!

[Old Green]

Originally posted by lepfan
I am not sure if it is an official word(it is in OK/TX), but y'all is short for you all...so the -'- between the y and all is correct. (or at least it is in MY LITTLE WORLD) That's what my English teacher taught us.

[Emerson1]

The spell checker on mozilla sucks, only because they dictionary is so small.

[sinton66]

Originally posted by Phantom Stang
Y'all's is the proper possessive of y'all.
Mozilla has a glitch in their program.
If anyone questions you on it, just tell 'em Phantom Stang said so!:p

Are you sure about that? Usually the apostrophe goes BEHIND the S. Y'all is already plural, so the possessive should be y'alls'.

For Example: The plural of boy is boys. The plural possessive is boys', as in "Boys' locker room". Boy's would be a contraction of Boy is, as in "That boy's crazy".;)

[Phantom Stang]

Originally posted by sinton66
Are you sure about that? Usually the apostrophe goes BEHIND the S. Y'all is already plural, so the possessive should be y'alls'.

For Example: The plural of boy is boys. The plural possessive is boys', as in "Boys' locker room". Boy's would be a contraction of Boy is, as in "That boy's crazy".;)
If y'all is a real word, then yes I'm sure. Remember, "y'all" is a plural on it's own with no 's' required to make it one.

Here is a link to a page from the Merideth College website, dealing with plurals and possessives.

http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:mSru2OwtVgoJ:www.meredith.edu/grammar/plural.htm+men%27s+possessive&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us&client=firefox-a

[sinton66]

Originally posted by Phantom Stang
If y'all is a real word, then yes I'm sure. Remember, "y'all" is a plural on it's own with no 's' required to make it one.

Here is a link to a page from the Merideth College website, dealing with plurals and possessives.

http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:mSru2OwtVgoJ:www.meredith.edu/grammar/plural.htm+men%27s+possessive&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us&client=firefox-a

Hee hee, made you look!:D

[Phantom Stang]

Originally posted by sinton66
Hee hee, made you look!:D
Well whoopty doo for you!!:p


:D

[BILLYFRED0000]

Originally posted by Ranger Mom
Yeah...I thought that was right, but I was trying to make y'all plural and it didn't like it!!

I guess y'all really is plural if you think about it.....but, "where's ya'll boat" doesn't sound right!!

But mom y'alls in this context is a possesive plural.

[lepfan]

Originally posted by Ranger Mom
Thanks, but no thanks!!

I will NEVER talk like a Californian if I can help it!

I will always say "y'alls" if the occasion warrants it!! Amen sista!!!! My students (up here) would always start snickering....then one day I asked them why...they said they just love listening to me talk and say Y'ALL.....

[88bobcats]

Originally posted by Ranger Mom
This probably isn't even correct grammar...but...

I just typed "Where's y'alls boat?" on another thread. The mozilla spell checker didn't like "y'alls".

How do you spell it, or is it even a word??

The spell check offered this: y'all s (with a space between the l and s):confused: :confused:


Y'all is a contraction of "you all"; but, because you're asking about their boat, you're using a possessive form.

In my opinion, the correct, slang, possessive contraction is

y'all's

The apostrophe-s ('s) on the end shows that they own the boat.