yall is a word down here in the South!!(just to let u Yankees know!!!)>.<
2006-08-21 05:54:08 · 18 answers · asked by Ashley 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
No problem for me =)
G.R.I.T.S. here. Girl Raised In The South.
Blessings )O(
2006-08-21 06:05:55 · answer #1 · answered by Epona Willow 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have no problem with it, use it often. I think it may be spelled y'all as a contraction of 'you all." The charming part of this is that you is already plural, so the "all" needn't be added. Extra words added to speech are often colorful, very prominent in the South (South East that is). It is hold overs from the plantation days. I am a Hoosier, and we have our little peculiarities also, such as "store bought," "boughten" , etc. And, we use "Y'all" often. I am called on it with great regularity. Good luck
2006-08-21 13:05:06 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
LOL proper english is not a bad thing. People do judge you on your use of language(sad but true). If you want people to take you seriously and not treat you as if you fell off the back of a turnip truck, I'd not use it(except maybe around family).
2006-08-21 13:04:21 · answer #3 · answered by IndyT- For Da Ben Dan 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Y'all is not a word but slang. The English Language has been slaughtered through the years - sad.
If you translate Y'all to what it really should be it would be "You all are acting badly, etc.
The proper way to say that would be "Everyone is acting badly"
Like I say, sad.
2006-08-21 13:21:55 · answer #4 · answered by 'Barn 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's Straight With Me
2006-08-21 14:04:43 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well I went to London and we're in the club and we're like y'all hurry up and this lady says excuse me but are you all from the US, and we're like yes and she says I haven't heard the word y'all since I've been here, it's so good to see you all......... and we went out and had a wonderful time................
2006-08-21 13:02:48 · answer #6 · answered by SweetT 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It doesn't bother me.... I'm used to it, now....
Moved to Southwestern Virginia a few years ago,
and I hear it all the time....
What i'm still not used to, however, is everyone calls
"Shopping carts" "buggies" here.
It's sooo strange, the language diff. *lol*
(*Moved here from Wyoming*)
2006-08-21 13:01:37 · answer #7 · answered by ~♥Sasha♥~ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I know, but as an English teacher, it grates on my nerves. It's ok, southerners yell at me for "oy veh".
2006-08-21 13:02:01 · answer #8 · answered by Lisa 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
probably the people that say yous guys and the people that say youns! i'm a southern girl--y'all come back now, ya hear!
2006-08-21 13:09:43 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I thought it was y'all, a contraction as in "you all".
A Yankee who knows.
2006-08-21 13:00:14 · answer #10 · answered by pamspraises 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋