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Fatcat · Joined: 17 Mar 2005 Posts: 92 Location: Athens, Georgia

AOCCDRNIG TO RSCHEEARCH

Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at an Elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer is at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae we do not raed ervey lteter by itslef but the wrod as a wlohe.

Ha! Y'all may have seen this before, but I thought I'd share. Anyone think they could use this in a lesson?

Justin Trullinger · Posted: Thu May 04, 2006 5:42 pm Post subject:

Why would I want to use that in a lesson?

My students write like that anyway!

Justin

paulmanser · Joined: 28 Nov 2005 Posts: 403

Looks like the spelling from TEFL teachers.

LOL

Only kidding Razz

Gordon · Joined: 28 Jan 2003 Posts: 5309 Location: Japan

snorklequeen · Posted: Fri May 05, 2006 1:42 am Post subject: Y'all

Texas grammar:

"Y'all" is singular -- one word

"All y'all" is the plural -- two words

cheers,

Queenie

Chasgul · Joined: 04 May 2005 Posts: 168 Location: BG

Y'all is obviously a contraction..., ain't it?

Super Mario · Posted: Fri May 05, 2006 10:05 am Post subject:

Fatcat · Joined: 17 Mar 2005 Posts: 92 Location: Athens, Georgia

I have to disagree snorkelqueen. I think 'y'all' , just the one word without 'all' in front of it, is plural as well. If I'm talking to just one person, I say "you"; if it's two or more I use y'all. Maybe we do it differently in Georgia.

I probably only say "all y'all" when there's 3 or more people.

"All y'all need to quit spelling 'y'all' wrong"

(a big pet peeve of mine is when people spell it ya'll) So irritating!

Fatcat

Gordon · Joined: 28 Jan 2003 Posts: 5309 Location: Japan

Henry_Cowell · Joined: 27 May 2005 Posts: 3352 Location: Berkeley

The term y'all can most definitely be singular.

And y'alls is the possessive form in the lexicons of many American southerners. Smile

Super Mario · Posted: Sat May 06, 2006 12:10 am Post subject:

A bit like the Australian "youse" [plural, you] only used by the ill-educated, and even then, only in speech.

snorklequeen · Posted: Sat May 06, 2006 6:53 am Post subject: y'all

actually i grew up in California and have a law degree; so much for the theories (a) that people who say "y'all" are not intelligent, and (b) that only Southerners say it Smile

i say it as a courtesy to the people in Texas, where i live; i see it as sweet and soft, as long as it isn't dragged out for 3 or 4 minutes [being dramatic about the time] and isn't said in a nasally C&W song manner

other than that, i don't use verbal local color much and do not have a Southern accent

i've heard some local people say "pick-me-up truck" instead of "pick-up truck" and "fixin' to [____________]" [do something] whereas many of us would say "about to [____________]" [do something]; i don't go there

in Houston people generally use "y'all" to refer to one person or to refer to a group of any number of people; the plural being "all y'all" was actually from a joke i heard here in Houston a year or two ago

"ya'll" is like someone scraping their fingernails on the chalkboard 2 me, 2

c ya' in language heaven, if not before,

Queenie

bennyr81 · Joined: 09 Mar 2006 Posts: 45 Location: Poland

luckyloser700 · Joined: 24 Mar 2006 Posts: 308 Location: Japan

snorklequeen · Posted: Sat May 06, 2006 9:35 pm Post subject: Intelligence

Lucky Loser said: "I don't doubt your intelligence, but possession of a law degree is not proof of its existence."

thanks for the yucks, LL7! i love lawyer jokes; please send more! Very Happy

cheers,

Queenie