Comments on: Kate Middleton for Sandringham Christmas http://www.royalanecdotes.com/2008/06/29/kate-middleton-at-sandringham-for-christmas/ Royals, Royalty and British Monarchy by John Evans Sun, 05 Sep 2010 16:40:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: maddie http://www.royalanecdotes.com/2008/06/29/kate-middleton-at-sandringham-for-christmas/comment-page-2/#comment-43952 maddie Tue, 15 Jul 2008 22:44:29 +0000 http://www.royalanecdotes.com/?p=676#comment-43952 y'all is the correct spelling. I was born and raised in Texas. Though, it seems everyone uses ya'll instead of y'all. Of course this is just my personal experience and it may be different for some Southerners. y’all is the correct spelling. I was born and raised in Texas. Though, it seems everyone uses ya’ll instead of y’all. Of course this is just my personal experience and it may be different for some Southerners.

]]> By: alsgal http://www.royalanecdotes.com/2008/06/29/kate-middleton-at-sandringham-for-christmas/comment-page-2/#comment-43943 alsgal Tue, 15 Jul 2008 20:27:11 +0000 http://www.royalanecdotes.com/?p=676#comment-43943 Afraid that, as a Canuck I'm rather ignorant about American history, and even with some of our history post-Trudeau I'm a bit fuzzy, Gigi ... usually if it doesn't involve a dog, a royal or cream filling I'm just not that interested, I must confess! :) Afraid that, as a Canuck I’m rather ignorant about American history, and even with some of our history post-Trudeau I’m a bit fuzzy, Gigi … usually if it doesn’t involve a dog, a royal or cream filling I’m just not that interested, I must confess! :)

]]> By: Gigi http://www.royalanecdotes.com/2008/06/29/kate-middleton-at-sandringham-for-christmas/comment-page-2/#comment-43942 Gigi Tue, 15 Jul 2008 20:09:27 +0000 http://www.royalanecdotes.com/?p=676#comment-43942 Oh dear...another typo! :( Thanks for the correction, alsgal. Your daughter is right--it is a contraction of "you all" so y'all would be gramatically correct. That contraction did not originate in Texas, but in the deep South, (Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama and even in Virginia), so I assume that Texans adopted it from displaced Southerners who settled in the Lone Star State during the Reconstruction period following the Civil War. Oh dear…another typo! :( Thanks for the correction, alsgal. Your daughter is right–it is a contraction of “you all” so y’all would be gramatically correct. That contraction did not originate in Texas, but in the deep South, (Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama and even in Virginia), so I assume that Texans adopted it from displaced Southerners who settled in the Lone Star State during the Reconstruction period following the Civil War.

]]> By: alsgal http://www.royalanecdotes.com/2008/06/29/kate-middleton-at-sandringham-for-christmas/comment-page-2/#comment-43926 alsgal Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:51:27 +0000 http://www.royalanecdotes.com/?p=676#comment-43926 Gigi, just so you know the apostrophe in y'all actually comes after the y, as it's meant to substitute for the "ou" in you, since it is a shortened version of "you all. " :) Or at least that's what my daughter down in Texas tells me! A gracious RA welcome to you, Mike H! Gigi, just so you know the apostrophe in y’all actually comes after the y, as it’s meant to substitute for the “ou” in you, since it is a shortened version of “you all. ” :)
Or at least that’s what my daughter down in Texas tells me!

A gracious RA welcome to you, Mike H!

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