Y'all

Y'all

Y’all (/jɔːl/yawl) is a contraction of the words "you" and "all". It is used as a plural second-person pronoun. Commonly believed to have originated in the Southern United States, it is primarily associated with Southern American English, African-American Vernacular English, and some dialects of the Western United States. It is also found in the English-speaking islands of the West Indies. It is also commonplace in the Philippines, into which it was imported during the American occupation of the islands in the early 20th Century. It is also commonly heard in the Canadian province of Alberta.