There's only one correct way to spell it, y'all. Y'all is a contraction of "you" and "all". The proper spelling of the contraction of "you" and "all" is "y'all". Y'all originiated in 1856. The South ...

Southern Living magazine once described “y’all” as “the quintessential Southern pronoun.” It’s as iconically Southern as sweet tea and grits. While “y’all” is considered slang, it’s a useful word ...

Last week, a linguistic row between New York and Austin over the word "y'all" overlooked a "y'all" expert right here in Dallas with sanctified chops. On Thursday, Columbia University linguist John ...

The South’s default collective form of address is the best of the American vernacular. By Maud Newton Growing up in Miami, I dreaded being told that I sounded like a hick. In my teens, a boyfriend ...

A greeting as Southern as a bowl of grits, it rolls off the tongue in a single open-mouth utterance. Sweeter than honey and often saturated with hidden meaning, it can open up a dialogue with a ...

A New York Times columnist says it’s “much too slangy, regional or what you might even call ethnic to ever gain universal acceptance.” We couldn’t disagree more. The Times column waves “y’all” away as ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A sign encourages people to vote in Charlotte, N.C., ahead of the 2022 U.S. midterm elections. Sean Rayford/Getty Images Southern ...