y'all'dn't've
English
Alternative forms
- y'all'd'nt've
Etymology
From y'all (you + all) + 'd (would) + n't (not) + -'ve (have).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈjɔɫ.ᵈn̩.tɘ̆v/
- (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˈjɑɫ.ᵈn̩.tɘ̆v/
Contraction
y'all'dn't've
- (colloquial) Contraction of you all would not have.
- 2020 August 10, @Ootek_H_Imora, Twitter:
- You want me to go full southern? Y'all'd'nt've suggested this if y'all'd've known what y'all'd get all of y'a'llselves into.
- 2021 May 24, @roebruh, Twitter:
- Yup. Like "If y'all'dn't've done that, we wouldn't be in this situation."
- 2021 September 18, @fallwestmike, Twitter:
- honey, y'all'd'nt've shrunk the kids
- 2021 November 11, @glowbyramon, Twitter:
- sir, i grew up in the southern US. Y'all'd'nt've believed how colliquial my writing COULD be, but the conventions behind scientific writing got me feeling some type of way
- 2022 June 2, @CalumDotExe, Twitter:
- Y'all'dn't've liked me when I was younger
- 2022 June 27, @tabatkins, Twitter:
- Y'all'dn't've understood unless y'all were from the south
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