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Hahaha 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.
by jamiek88 5y ago
Hahaha 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).