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I think it's a bit of a stretch to say "y'all" somehow belongs to Texas, it's roots are almost certainly in other areas of the South and Appalachia where it is
by HelloMcFly 2y ago
I think it's a bit of a stretch to say "y'all" somehow belongs to Texas, it's roots are almost certainly in other areas of the South and Appalachia where it is still used just as frequently as it is in modern-day Texas.
- troyvit 2y agoMy friend from North Carolina gave me a t-shirt that's just an outline of the state, and "Ya'll" on the front. So I think you're right.
- prepend 2y ago“Ya’ll” is the spelling used by carpetbagger poseurs.
- troyvit 2y agoWow. Way to pick a hill.
- HelloMcFly 2y agoIt's not worth a fight, but I can confirm I've only seen "ya'll" written by non-southern or Appalachian residents. I'm not saying it doesn't happen or shouldn't happen, but it would make me wonder about whether someone has adopted the word as a choice vs. it being just a word in their normal vocabulary.
- prepend 2y agoIt’s funny to think I’m picking a hill, just by pointing out an observation. It seems like hyperbole to say my comment was picking a hill to die on.
- gregw2 2y agoFair point. I could/should have been clearer on that.
- extra88 2y ago20+ years ago, a coworker from Memphis said "y'all" was singular, "all y'all" was plural. I wasn't going to honor that but it was interesting.
- reaperman 2y agoAs a Texan...that person's assertion makes no sense. I have never heard anyone else ever claim that y'all should be used as a singular pronoun.
- extra88 2y agoDo you mean you wouldn't only use y'all for singular? I assume you would say "how y'all doing" to one person or multiple people.
- HelloMcFly 2y agoI've spent a lot of time in the US South (Georgia and Tennessee) and cannot say I heard people every using "y'all" in the singular.