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> think of how a British person says "past" vs an American person An English person and only from the south of England at that. I’m English from Liverpool and
by jamiek88 5y ago
> think of how a British person says "past" vs an American person
An English person and only from the south of England at that. I’m English from Liverpool and I say past the same as y’all!
- devilbunny 5y agoAs a southern American, I use pretty much the same vowel in "y'all" that most English people would in "past" or "bath". "Past" and "bath" are the same vowel as "cat" uses in the Queen's English.
- jamiek88 5y agoHahaha no. I just meant same as you. Not same as you pronounce y’all. I’ve been in Texas 20 years and picked up y’all as a verbal tick same as well…y’all.
- devilbunny 5y agoIt's an immensely useful word. Cf. "yinz" of western Pennsylvania, which is a contraction of "you 'uns" of Appalachia, which is a contraction of "you ones". The popularity of rap has spread it immensely in the past thirty-odd years, because Black English is strongly influenced by long association with white Southern dialect (and vice versa).
- olah_1 5y agoFascinating! I guess it doesn’t help that the Cambridge dictionary shows UK as one way and US as the other. https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/past https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/past