2007-12-15 14:20:00 · 10 answers · asked by ifeellikepennies 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
im from houston!! so i know how it goes, i just didnt know if it is widely used in other states as well :)
2007-12-15 14:30:04 · update #1
It's not just Texas. Everybody in the South pretty much says it. It stems from the fact that we don't have a plural form of "you" in English like other languages do. That's why people have a tendency to want to make their own plural form. The people out west say "you guys" and up north they say "you'uns."
2007-12-15 14:28:39 · answer #1 · answered by Lydia H 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can't imagine that everyone in Texas does... but it's a very common phrase in some states. It's not that bad of a word to use, actually, seeing as the English language lacks distinction between you (singular) and you (plural).
2007-12-15 14:25:40 · answer #2 · answered by xx. 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm from NY. My best friend's wife is from New Orleans and she uses "yall". Now I use it sometimes, because, well, its actually a useful little term.
2007-12-15 14:27:58 · answer #3 · answered by 2007_Shelby_GT500 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I live in Illinois (not chicago) and I say yall all the time.
2007-12-15 14:33:47 · answer #4 · answered by Eric G 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You bet and feeder road! God bless Texas!
2007-12-15 14:23:54 · answer #5 · answered by sky 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, i live in texas . A native Texan will say it.
GOD BLESS
2007-12-15 14:27:09 · answer #6 · answered by TCC Revolution 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Y'all be sure to include the great state of Arkansas!!!!
Y'all be sure to include ain't in that dictionary as well!!!!
(They both show up in spell check!!!)
2007-12-15 14:48:35 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, we use it up here in Southwestern Virginia.
2007-12-15 14:38:11 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
um.. i dont live in texas and i say that lol
2007-12-15 14:25:00 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Us Louisiana folk say it too!!
2007-12-15 14:32:56 · answer #10 · answered by Kayla 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋