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Love Actually (March 10, 2021 edition): (Original Post)
demmiblue
Mar 2021
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hedda_foil This message was self-deleted by its author.
demmiblue
(39,464 posts)2. Whoops... I was doing several things at once!
hedda_foil
(16,944 posts)3. Happens to me all the time. I deleted my post above.
Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)4. Cute!
And, finally...someone that knows how to spell yall!
House of Roberts
(6,436 posts)5. Y'all is a contraction for the words you and all.
What two words are the root for the contraction ya'll?
Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)6. I grew up in the south.
Nobody said You. That word was pronounced Ya.
So, I say, the word that is contracted here is All, not You. Yall.
Just my two cents. Just good to see someone spelling it my way.
