Quote Originally Posted by Denmark View Post
Quote Originally Posted by Pumpkin View Post
Y'all.

I dunno, it reminds me how far away from home I am and I HATE that I often hear things like All of y'all (???) and when one person is addressed as y'all (?????).

Just bugs me.
y'all is singular, all y'all is plural. pretty simple
Originally, it obviously stood for "you all" since English doesn't really have something like "Vosotros", etc.

That's why y'all itself doesn't bother me. It's a contraction to create the same conjugate (or whatever it would be called) as some other languages already have.

But yes, "All of you all" is a bit redundant and referring to one person as "you all" is a bit silly. I always chuckle. However, if y'all is used "correctly" then it doesn't really bother me.