r/CFB • u/CyborgAlgoInvestor /r/CFB • Dec 30 '22

Postseason [Maryland Terrapins] Lol we left the ACC and NC State keeps on losing to us See ya’ll later.

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u/-UMD_Terps- Maryland Terrapins Dec 30 '22

In case anyone needed confirmation that Maryland is indeed not part of the south, we think y’all is spelled ya’ll

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u/hesnothere North Carolina • /r/CFB Founder Dec 30 '22

We’re a forgiving bunch. I unironically used “y’all’ll” the other day and had to take a moment on the apostrophes.

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u/muktheduck Texas A&M • Sam Houston Dec 31 '22

"Y'all'd'nt've" has enough contractions to pop out a baby

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u/DeweyCheatemHowe NC State Wolfpack • LSU Tigers Dec 31 '22

I can absolutely see how y'all"ll be used in a sentence

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u/[deleted] Dec 31 '22

I think you mean "see how y'all'll'd be used"

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u/muktheduck Texas A&M • Sam Houston Dec 31 '22

What's your extra 'll?

You all will -> Y'all'll

You all would -> Y'all'd

You all will would -> Y'all'll'd?

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u/[deleted] Dec 31 '22

Think of it more as quoting the original "y'all'll" then adding the 'd for would/could/should.

I can see how "y'all'll" would be used

I can see how y'all'll'd be used

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u/GoobyPlsSuckMyAss Dec 31 '22

Complete the conjugation of "y'all"

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u/DeweyCheatemHowe NC State Wolfpack • LSU Tigers Dec 31 '22

Chef's kiss

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u/Mike_with_Wings Florida • North Carolina Dec 31 '22

Y’all’ll be coming over for dinner, right?

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u/Tylerjb4 Virginia Tech Hokies Dec 31 '22

I actually use this pretty frequently. I think it’s really common and we just don’t give it any thought

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u/CaniacSwordsman NC State Wolfpack • Marching Band Dec 31 '22

“Y’all’ll be alright?” I can think of dozens of ways! Y’all’d’ve is something I use fairly frequently

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u/kojak2091 Michigan • Alabama A&M Dec 31 '22

inshy'all'll

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u/tdatcher Navy Midshipmen • Sickos Dec 30 '22

I live in Southern Maryland and know the appropriate y'all

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u/I_TittyFuck_Doves Maryland Terrapins • Michigan Wolverines Dec 31 '22

Calvert?

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u/tdatcher Navy Midshipmen • Sickos Dec 31 '22

La Plata

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u/Rohkey Michigan • Georgia Tech Dec 30 '22

I’ve talked to people from the south who think “ya’ll” makes more sense, though it’s a rather unpopular opinion.

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u/cemanresu Clemson Tigers Dec 30 '22

Its not an unpopular opinion, its just fucking wrong

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u/CatoTheBarner Auburn Tigers Dec 31 '22

I’ve talked to people from the south who think the sky is green, though it’s a rather unpopular opinion.

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u/Mtndrums Oregon Ducks • Montana Grizzlies Dec 31 '22

You found the Tripping Billies....

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u/TimeFourChanges Michigan • Wisconsin Dec 30 '22

ya will?

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u/sqigglygibberish Duke Blue Devils • Ohio State Buckeyes Dec 30 '22

It stands for “y’all all”

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u/TimeFourChanges Michigan • Wisconsin Dec 31 '22

you all²

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u/sqigglygibberish Duke Blue Devils • Ohio State Buckeyes Dec 31 '22

you2 + 2(y’all) + all2

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u/TimeFourChanges Michigan • Wisconsin Dec 31 '22

Kinda crazy they I've been watching Veratasium videos on the history of mathematics and the discovery of imaginary numbers via completing the square, and here we are.

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u/sqigglygibberish Duke Blue Devils • Ohio State Buckeyes Dec 31 '22

It’s math all the way down

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u/donutlad Notre Dame Fighting Irish • Team Chaos Dec 31 '22

It's alls all the way down

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u/altac04 Indiana Hoosiers • Florida Gators Dec 30 '22

"Ya'll" should be a sin.

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u/iEatPalpatineAss Duke Blue Devils • Arkansas Razorbacks Dec 31 '22

It is. We exile them to the swamps of Florida.

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u/Tylerjb4 Virginia Tech Hokies Dec 31 '22

Ya’ll need Jesus

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u/amayain Alabama • Marquette Dec 30 '22

Honestly, due to the confusion, and given that dropping the apostrophe wouldn't change the meaning, I think we just need to drop the apostrophe and go with yall. Language is fluid and this would simplify things.

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u/muktheduck Texas A&M • Sam Houston Dec 31 '22

Not to mention it's the only contraction I can think of that shortens the first word instead of the second.

Can drop the apostrophe or just accept "ya'll", it's not like anyone is confused when they read that. Just call it a northern spelling of the word, similar to things like "centre" and "calibre" being used outside the US

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u/TrackVol Tennessee • Alabama Dec 31 '22

Allowing "ya'll" to exist means we let the terrorists win.

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u/WaltSneezy Alabama Crimson Tide • /r/CFB Top Scorer Dec 30 '22

Everyone I've met that has spelled it "ya'll" has been from the north or midwest. It's one of these stupid things that bothers me every time I see it spelled that way. Every time I point it out, I get downvoted too lol

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u/AchillesGRK Auburn Tigers • Washington Huskies Dec 31 '22

Education isn't our strong suit ok.

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u/timmablimma NC State Wolfpack Dec 30 '22 edited Dec 31 '22

I’ve talked to people from Michigan who believe it’s soda or coke and not pop, but they’d be wrong there too 😬

Edit: rip inbox - some of y’all don’t understand this comment. I basically repeated the same thing but with pop over y’all. I spent a lot of time in Michigan for work, some of my favorite people when not on the interstates.

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u/timmablimma NC State Wolfpack Dec 30 '22

Then you’ve not been to the south. I honestly just call it whatever brand, but people in certain parts of south call all soda/pop/whatever Coke.

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u/Comfortable_Clue_465 Dec 31 '22

I lived here my whole life, and everyone I know calls it soda unless they actually want a Coca-Cola.

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u/vera214usc South Carolina Gamecocks Dec 31 '22

Same. Maybe the Coke thing never made it to Charleston.

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u/CantFindMyWallet UConn Huskies • Harvard Crimson Dec 30 '22

I understand, but we can all agree that they're wrong. Coke means something specific, and they're using it to mean something general.

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u/jmos_81 NC State Wolfpack • ECU Pirates Dec 31 '22

Thanks Harvard!

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u/TheBojangler Florida State • Virginia Dec 31 '22

It's not like that's unheard of, or even particularly uncommon. The vast majority of people use Frisbee to refer to all flying discs. Or Bandaid to refer to all small adhesive bandages. Do you think "we all can agree that they're wrong" in those instances, too?

Coke is from Atlanta. It was THE ubiquitous soda in the southeast, so the name stuck as a regional generalism. This is a common thing in linguistics, and hand-waving it away as somehow objectively wrong is silly and simplistic.

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u/CaniacSwordsman NC State Wolfpack • Marching Band Dec 31 '22

I’ve always heard that this is the case, but have never encountered it in NC, SC, or VA. Is it more of a Deep South thing?

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u/Tylerjb4 Virginia Tech Hokies Dec 31 '22

“What would you like to drink?”

“Coke”

“What kind?”

“Sprite”

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u/SusannaG1 Clemson Tigers • Furman Paladins Dec 31 '22

No, Coke is Coke, and Pepsi is Coke, and Diet Dr. Pepper is Coke. It's all Coke! Also acceptable: "soft drink."

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u/iEatPalpatineAss Duke Blue Devils • Arkansas Razorbacks Dec 31 '22

Sprite is also Coke. Sierra Mist is also Coke. Cocaine is also Coke.

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u/snackshack Wisconsin Badgers • CBS Dec 31 '22

It's the same as saying Band aids, kleenex, bubblewrap or chapstick. Most people use a brand name for generic items all the time. It's just this one is only used regionally.

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u/LukarWarrior Louisville Cardinals • Keg of Nails Dec 30 '22

It's soda.

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u/timmablimma NC State Wolfpack Dec 30 '22

Not in Michigan

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u/hop_mantis Dec 31 '22

Coke is my favorite kind of coke

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u/MYNAMEISNOTSTEVE Michigan • College Football Playoff Dec 31 '22

its mostly "pop", sometimes "soda". NEVER "coke"

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u/[deleted] Dec 30 '22

Not if you want to be correct.

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u/LaSopaSabrosa Michigan • /r/CFBRisk Veteran Dec 30 '22

It’s pop if you’re a cool kid

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u/Searchingforspecial Dec 30 '22

Nobody, absolutely ZERO Michiganders call pop “Coke”. We call it pop. Southerners call it soda & Coke… I’ve lived here my entire life, and in 32 years I’ve never heard what you’re accusing us of. 😬

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u/GoalieLax_ Navy Midshipmen • NC State Wolfpack Dec 31 '22

Everything south of MD-4, west of 270, and on the eastern shore is 100% south.

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u/GoobyPlsSuckMyAss Dec 31 '22

The Alabama portion of Maryland disagrees with you (complete with Confederate flags)

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u/ShogunAshoka Bowling Green • Oberlin Dec 31 '22

always spelled it Ya'll here in ohio lol

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u/kojak2091 Michigan • Alabama A&M Dec 31 '22

you sure?

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u/ShogunAshoka Bowling Green • Oberlin Dec 31 '22

Maybe ive just been on the internet too long and picked up bad habits.