re: aging into using y'all: when you're young, you have a stronger need to impress people at work or personal life or wherever. and often that means shedding r

re: aging into using y'all: when you're young, you have a stronger need to impress people at work or personal life or wherever. and often that means shedding regionalisms or any little quirks that might give anybody an opportunity to judge as less-than in any way. once you're older and more established you've built up enough social capital that you can "afford" to express yourself in whichever way you want. in some situations, those little affectation that may have been judged negatively when you were young can actually become boons if you're seen as playing 'against the type' for whichever stereotype it is