What does "ya'll" mean?

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The ya'll vs y'all is how language always evolves. Even Lewis and Clark had multiple spellings of the same word (a little less stress on conformity was also rule of day). English had similar to German Ihr in Old English words from Old German... Streamlined English lost it over time.

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Neoerectus · M

I used to be pretty rigid. Family mythos around intellect and education was mostly responsible. Oddly enough, marriage to a language instructor with a linguistics degree softened my outlook considerably.