You can always tell a non-native Southerner when s/he spells it "ya'll" instead of "y'all".
I am of the opinion that y'all is an absolute victory of efficiency. It's the best word to describe a group of people. I had someone, who is not a native Southerner, recently tell me it could be singular. I have never used it to refer to one person, and looking at it it should have to be plural. Does anyone disagree with that?
Speaking of y'all does it apply when addressing a collection of animals?
In this case I'm thinking Skydog, Bluedog, dudog84, and Kdogg.
Insert Baha Men reference here.
Do you guys think pink gloves will leave a pink residue on someone's face? Follow up: do you guys know of anything that would remove pink residue from someone's face?
Isn't "all y'all" the more proper phrasing?
Yes, I'm expecting a "bless his heart" any post now.
I side with you here. Y'all in the singular seems crazy to me. And I have an entire lecture based on the Dunning-Kruger effect. I had an unbelievably fun lecture last week where there were 8 of us in the room and all of us had different opinions and everyone was firmly convinced they were right. How fun is that?!?!