Y'all versus ya'll
Hi! This is Anna. I thought I would catch y'all up on the news from the Hartley house. We're working hard on a new CD right now. . . Micah did his song today! "Oh, Susanna" has never sounded better! :) As his reward, I let him help me make pecan chocolate brownies for supper.
I just finished a noisy argument with Josiah and Abby on how to spell the word "y'all." I feel that it should be y plus an apostrophe that replaces the 'ou,' plus all. This is the supreme Southern word, although I have heard it in New York as well, and should be spelled with some thought. My siblings insist that it's ya'll. We can't look in the dictionary because our dictionary isn't from Arkansas. I'm looking for some supporters right now! :)
Okay, I just had to get that one out there for the record. Abby may write the next post, and then Y'ALL can get her side of the story! I don't think Josiah will write, even for argument's sake!
Speaking of Josiah--he's been inspired lately with his fiddle playing after seeing the fiddle player for the Isaacs when we opened for them last month. The weather has been nice enough lately that we can practice outside while recording continues in the house. Abby sang "Jesse" today while Micah was napping. Dan & Josiah & I played outside. (Played being the key word . . . I think today we talked more about music than we actually practiced it!)
We're looking forward to seeing people as we get busier playing in public! I hope everyone has enjoyed a healthy, wealthy winter! I'll be writing more as our CD progresses.
Talk to y'all/ya'll later! :)
---Anna Hartley
5 comments:
Y'ALL wins in my book. What is the reasoning behind Ya'll?
I think it's something like this: "YA'LL/ Y'ALL is not an abbreviation. It is a word in its own right." Therefore you can't apply the same rules as with other words. I guess the apostrophe is just for fun, because I can't figure out why they even bother! :D
I think urbandictionary.com can solve this here dilemma. Both spelins is in there.
also more directly related the beloved state of Arkansas check this out http://littlerock.about.com/cs/southernlife/a/aasouthslang.htm
That is a good one. I especially appreciate the bit about "all y'all." I didn't even realize we used that one, but it rang a clear bell as soon as I saw it!
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