• OR3X@lemm.ee
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    11 months ago

    Yeah, it would be y’all’d’ve if I’d’ve at most.

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        11 months ago

        Nope, nope, nope. “Would” is not contracted as “'ld,” and then there would be no “I.” That’s a capital I, not a lowercase l.

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    Being from the south…I’m just trying to look back and remember if I’ve ever used this…it’s plausible

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    Image Transcription: Tumblr


    farmsuggestion

    y’all’d’ve’f’ld’ve


    beyoursledgehammer

    #you all would have if I would have???


    eliciaforever

    The South is out of control.

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    11 months ago

    lol boo didn’t even try asking if it’d float, they just mainlined pure hopium and casually threw it out there “Why yes, ‘f’’ is part of a balanced, healthy contraction used by billions everyday!”

    Wrong.

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      11 months ago

      Not a contraction, but still a recognized linguistic device called a clitic! That’s safe to Google, I promise. In this case it’s a proclitic

      — @BossDj@lemm.ee

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        11 months ago

        Sure, I agree with that, and tbf a respondent in OP’s pic did say it’s almost a complete sentence of contractions, but I felt honor-bound to satirically gatekeeper something that’s fun to screw around with. Language is gonna language, believe me, I’m aware.