woozle
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heard a woman yesterday say "y'all's's" [pronounced yawl zizz]
I'm no expert English-ologist but I think the word she was looking for is "your."
Nov 11, 2025 6:51 PM
woozle
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I'm no expert English-ologist but I think the word she was looking for is "your."
dynamojoe
I'd understand it when spoken (I'm southern) but what would be the formal description of that phrase? Second person plural possessive?
friendsofsandwiches
I use 'yalls' when I'm talking to a maga, or maga like mind.
Arcblaire
Plural "all" is an incredible. Language is incredible.
RetrogradeLlama
“Yawl ziz” would usually be plural or include “is” i.e. “your’s” or “yours”. But it could also be “you are” from “you all are” and the subject could be singular or plural.
We need the whole sentence to be more specific.
woozle
lol
woozle
why did you have to make it worse. She said it in the same way you'd use "your" a possessive plural.
kurastwolf
It's hilarious to me that other languages are allowed to have unique plural second person possessive but English isn't. I mean, you knew exactly what she said and what she meant so what's the problem?
woozle
I'm having fun with it.
CaptainThePirate
Im coal region and I know the word you speak of. It can be active or passive and one is way worse than the other. Examples:
‘Yallziz asses goin to the beach later?’ That’s bad. Even for coal region speak. That gets you the nickname ‘Sis’. Because you also say the word ‘umbrella’ with 4 syllables and ‘eleven’ with 2…
Alternatively, ‘I don’t wanna see yallziz kids runnin around here no more’, is both a socially acceptable sentiment because kids suck and grammatically strong in Appalachia speak.
woozle
lol I'm just having fun with it. I am from Rhode Island and I had to work hard to shed my accent (most of it). It confused people in other parts of the country I have lived in.
woozle
I still pronounce Oregon as AH-Rig-On
WarlockWithNoPatron
When German smushes a bunch of words together and calls it a new one, people act like it's something incredible. English does it and they act like the peasant language has violated its own purity. The problem ain't with "y'all's's." The problem is y'all've got some weird ideas about what English is.
tEMPuSER632
My view of what English is; a language that will mug your language and rifle through its pockets for spare grammar.
woozle
I'm just having fun with it and pointing out my own weird pronunciations in another comment.
epicurusaquinas
You done did good!!
woozle
one time a guy said to me "are you fer it or agin' it?" and I had to ask him several times to repeat it. Texas amirite
epicurusaquinas
Dude. Right?
Not being racist - but dialects are insane in the US. I've been to around 9 countries but got totally floored when I was in the South in July.
I had a white guy use "agin" like you just quoted. Then, in the same day, got an older 90+ black guy saying "oer yanda" and it took 3 tries before I realized he was saying "over yonder".
Head was spinning. Apparently I'm a youngin (57yo black man) with a nasally nerdy Michigan accent. So they couldn't understand me either! LOL
'Murica!
WarlockWithNoPatron
The US is almost the size of Europe and has 2, mountain ranges in it. It's a miracle Americans don't have multiple languages scattered around the states.
IWillFigureOutAWittyNameLater
But y'all's's is way more fun
woozle
it's like speaking in code
mrpink83
*slang
IWillFigureOutAWittyNameLater
umm, isn't all language like that?
woozle
this is unpossible
kurastwolf
A code you could understand so I fail to see the problem.
woozle
why do you have to be a killjoy?
epicurusaquinas
Some people can't help it. You just continue to help us all "spiral up" like you've been doing all these years bruh.
I think you're half joking .. but you don't need validation from all of us. Even those who respect you (like me) also might piss you off from time to time.
You done did good!!
That's gotta be it's own reward bcoz y'all'll always get killjoys, negative Nellies & Karens. You know this. I'm giving a reminder and prolly missed a social cue. Cheers!
woozle
I am joking. dadgummit with your dadgum comment. I know a thing or two about a thing or two dadnabbit.