richerso
Contributor
What am I listenin' to on this thread y'all??? What is this?
This sounds like a language lesson to a foreignar. Please tell me this ain't so.
Anywho, my two cents:
ya'll should probably be spelled as y'all. but then again, I get chastised by my texas brethren about this. y'all is a short form of english of "you all". I know the texans will argue with me on this; but that's what it is. it is a short form of you all, y'all.
'fixin' is a whole other word. I am not going to pretend to be able to explain its' usage. Don't get me wrong. I am a southern boy through and through. I understand the usage of the word fixin'. I just understand it so inately that, now that I think about it, I am not sure that I can explain the usage of the word. I simply understand the word. In general however, fixin' can be interpreted as "I am about to", about to, almost, preparing to, etc.
Hope this helps. Hope I don't get flamed too much by my texas brethren.
This sounds like a language lesson to a foreignar. Please tell me this ain't so.
Anywho, my two cents:
ya'll should probably be spelled as y'all. but then again, I get chastised by my texas brethren about this. y'all is a short form of english of "you all". I know the texans will argue with me on this; but that's what it is. it is a short form of you all, y'all.
'fixin' is a whole other word. I am not going to pretend to be able to explain its' usage. Don't get me wrong. I am a southern boy through and through. I understand the usage of the word fixin'. I just understand it so inately that, now that I think about it, I am not sure that I can explain the usage of the word. I simply understand the word. In general however, fixin' can be interpreted as "I am about to", about to, almost, preparing to, etc.
Hope this helps. Hope I don't get flamed too much by my texas brethren.