You gotta love the Y'all.

Just read a trivial pursuit question:

What's the plural of "y'all" according to some Texas guide book?

"Ally'all."

Never hear it or use it around here..ever. It always made me think the person was kind of uneducated. I may have to change my way of thinking judging by all the people that use it here on the TFP...
I can honestly say that I'll never say y'all in a conversation.

I'll add my agreement: "y'all" is a great piece of language.

I can understand why people don't use it or don't feel comfortable using it because they didn't grow up with it (myself included), but I don't understand the elitist attitude. It's just a natural progression of language in light of English not recognizing the second person plural. If one were to use "y'all" or "youse" in a second person singular context , then I agree, that sounds uneducated.

ya'll is a great word

I never really started saying ya'll until My kids got older.... they are 6 (almost 7) and 3. I am always saying ya'll need to quiet down!!!! Ya'll stop hitting each other!!!! Ya'll better sit down!!!!
It never stops.................

Y'all is good, Yu'uns is also good but in the words of Jeff Foxworthy my favorite southern word is SENSUOUS... as in sensuous up, get me a beer.
My wife is from Newfoundland and if she is talking about more than 1 person, like her Mom and Dad, she'll say Mom n'em( "Mom and them" very fast)

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I've used it all my life. Hell, I use it in chat rooms and on message boards without even thinking about it it's so engrained in my vocabulary. The only places I don't use it are formal letters and such that require a more prefessional English. It's not that I see y'all as unprofessional, but the wording most of the time prevents the use of it in those situations and some people do see it as an uneducated word.

ay! don't forget dat you gotta point out dem guys ova deh too. pasta fazool.