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Re: Austin, Utopia, Uglossia, and Bats.

From:Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
Date:Thursday, September 23, 1999, 1:18
Irina Rempt-Drijfhout wrote:
> ya'll
AAAAAAARGH!!! It's *y'all*, NOT *ya'll*! Sorry, wee little pet peeve of mine, that sometimes shows up in writing. It's a contraction of "you all" not "ya will". :-) Actually, it's probably evidence that it's no longer processed as a contraction, and so people forget where the apostrophe should go. -- Oh Lord, grant that we may always be right, for thou knowest we will never change our mind. - Scots Prayer http://members.tripod.com/~Nik_Taylor/X-Files/ http://members.tripod.com/~Nik_Taylor/Books.html