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		pavel_lishin 7 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: In Defense of Y'All Some people complain about the weird contractions that English can construct, but at some point, you just have to accept that that's the kind of language it's.

schindlabua 7 months ago [–]

It's basically what agglutinative languages do, no?

y'all'd've: y=second person, all=plural, d=subjunctive, ve=posessive

Fun to see stuff like this pop up where it usually doesn't.

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