jfoutz:
Actually there is no such quote as "All Yall" because you are either "Yall or Yain't"
Things you will never hear a Southerner say...
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Actually there is no such quote as "All Yall" because you are either "Yall or Yain't"
mike_s
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Tom Smedley:
I prefer "yall" or "y'all" as to the northern equivalent of " yous guyzzzz"
Let's see - Things that you would never hear a southerner say -
"I think I'll have a bottle of pop!"
"I think I'll have a bottle of pop!"
H2Andy
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Tom Smedley:
hehehe...
actually, i am sorry to contradict you, but .... the conjugation "all y'all" is alive
and well in Jacksonville, Florida. i hear it at least once or twice a week (more if i
go to Sonny's B-B-Q for dinner).
usage:
"I'm talking about all y'all."
alternative usage:
"All y'all are getting on my nerves, y'all"
BabyDuck
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oh, yes, there is. 'all y'all' is plural.Tom Smedley:
ummm... rc with peanuts in it? coffee with cheddar in it? banana & peanut butter or banana & mayonnaise sandwiches? lace cornbread?
My mama says that all yall is redundant since yall is a contraction for you all. So 'all yall' would be 'all you all' which is indeed redundant. However, Mama says that all yall is used frequently throughout the south so I stand corrected.
I asked her to use it in a sentence and she said "There ain't no more collards in the bowl so that is all yall gonna get." She said that it could also be used to mark the completion of an event ie "Thats all yall!" She also says that it can be used in the possessive sense. "I'm gonna whip yall's butts if yall don't clean up that mess!" The word yall is basically plural. I remember rather vividly mama saying. "If you want butterbeans for supper you better get your sister and yall pick a mess and shell them."
To address more than one person or thing while starting the sentence with all would be ie "All you dogs get out from up under the porch." Otherwise it would be "Yall dogs get out from up under the porch."
And a direct quote from cousin Sweet in Clay County that uses yall to start and end a sentence when he sells watermelon to a carload of folks from up north. "Yall ain't from around here are yall?" They ask him how he knows and he says "Cause there ain't nobody here but me and yall asked me 'Do you all have any watermelons?' while I'm sitting on a stack of them."
What a handy but mysterious word yall is.
By the way I'm gonna go see my mamaenem Saturday and she has a fresh mess of collards. She's fixing to start cooking them tomorrow. Yall know that collards are best the second day.
That's all yall!
I asked her to use it in a sentence and she said "There ain't no more collards in the bowl so that is all yall gonna get." She said that it could also be used to mark the completion of an event ie "Thats all yall!" She also says that it can be used in the possessive sense. "I'm gonna whip yall's butts if yall don't clean up that mess!" The word yall is basically plural. I remember rather vividly mama saying. "If you want butterbeans for supper you better get your sister and yall pick a mess and shell them."
To address more than one person or thing while starting the sentence with all would be ie "All you dogs get out from up under the porch." Otherwise it would be "Yall dogs get out from up under the porch."
And a direct quote from cousin Sweet in Clay County that uses yall to start and end a sentence when he sells watermelon to a carload of folks from up north. "Yall ain't from around here are yall?" They ask him how he knows and he says "Cause there ain't nobody here but me and yall asked me 'Do you all have any watermelons?' while I'm sitting on a stack of them."
What a handy but mysterious word yall is.
By the way I'm gonna go see my mamaenem Saturday and she has a fresh mess of collards. She's fixing to start cooking them tomorrow. Yall know that collards are best the second day.
That's all yall!
Southern Girls
Someone once noted that a Southerner can get away with the most awful kind of insult just as long as it's prefaced with the words, "Bless her heart" or "Bless his heart." As in, "Bless his heart, if they put his brain on the head of a pin, it'd roll around like a BB on a 6-lane highway."
I was thinking about this the other day when a friend was telling about her new transplanted northern friend who was upset because her toddler is just beginning to talk and he has a southern accent. My friend, who is very kind and, bless her heart, cannot do a thing about those thighs of hers, was justifiably miffed about this. After all, this woman had CHOSEN to move to the South a couple of years ago. Can you believe it?" said her
friend, "A child of mine is going to be "taaaallllkkin liiiike thiiiissss."
Now, don't get me wrong. Some of my dearest friends are from the North, bless their hearts. I welcome their perspective, their friendships, and their recipes for authentic Northern Italian food. I've even gotten past their endless complaints that you can't find good bread down here. And the heathens, bless their hearts, don't like cornbread!
We've already lost too much. I was raised to say "swayya," not swear, but you hardly ever hear anyone say that anymore, I swayya you don't. And I've caught myself thinking twice before saying something is "right much," "right close," or "right good" because non-natives think this is right funny indeed.
I have a friend from Bawston, bless her heart, who thinks it's hilarious when I say I've got to "carry" my daughter to the doctor or "cut off" the light. She also gets a giggle every time I am "fixin'" to do something. And, bless their hearts, they don't even know where "over yonder" is, or what "I reckon" means!
My personal favorite was my aunt, saying, "Bless her heart, she can't help being ugly, but she could've stayed home."
Southern girls know bad manners when they see them:
1. Drinking straight out of a can.
2. Not sending thank you notes.
3. Velvet after February.
4. White shoes before Memorial Day or after Labor Day
Southern girls always say:
1. "Yes, ma'am."
2. "Yes, sir."
Southern girls have a distinct way with fond expressions:
1. "Y'all come back now, ya heaah."
2. "Well, bless your heart."
3. "Drop by when you can."
4. "How's your mamaenem?"
5. "Love your hair."
Southern girls know their three R's:
1. Rich
2. Richer
3. Richest
Southern girls know everybody's first name:
1. Honey
2. Darlin'
3. Shugah
Southern girls know the movies that speak to their hearts:
1. "Gone With the Wind"
2. "Fried Green Tomatoes"
3. "Driving Miss Daisy"
4. "Steel Magnolias"
Southern girls know their cities dripping with Southern charm:
1. Hotlanta or Adlanna (Atlanta as outsiders say)
2. Richmon
3. Challston
4. S'vannah
5. Birminham
6. Nawlins'
7. Oh! and that city in Alabama ? It's pronounced MUNGUMRY!
Southern girls know the three deadly sins:
1. Bad hair
2. Bad manners
3. Bad blind dates
G.R.I.T.S. = Girls Raised in The South!
Now you run along, Shugah, and send this to someone else Raised In The South, i.e., Southern Belles, or ANY females aspiring to be GRITS. Even the northern ones, "Bless Their Hearts".
That Reminds me. I have a rubber stamp that says "Just because your children were born in the South does not make them Southerners. After all, if a cat had kittens in the oven, that wouldn't make them biscuits
Someone once noted that a Southerner can get away with the most awful kind of insult just as long as it's prefaced with the words, "Bless her heart" or "Bless his heart." As in, "Bless his heart, if they put his brain on the head of a pin, it'd roll around like a BB on a 6-lane highway."
I was thinking about this the other day when a friend was telling about her new transplanted northern friend who was upset because her toddler is just beginning to talk and he has a southern accent. My friend, who is very kind and, bless her heart, cannot do a thing about those thighs of hers, was justifiably miffed about this. After all, this woman had CHOSEN to move to the South a couple of years ago. Can you believe it?" said her
friend, "A child of mine is going to be "taaaallllkkin liiiike thiiiissss."
Now, don't get me wrong. Some of my dearest friends are from the North, bless their hearts. I welcome their perspective, their friendships, and their recipes for authentic Northern Italian food. I've even gotten past their endless complaints that you can't find good bread down here. And the heathens, bless their hearts, don't like cornbread!
We've already lost too much. I was raised to say "swayya," not swear, but you hardly ever hear anyone say that anymore, I swayya you don't. And I've caught myself thinking twice before saying something is "right much," "right close," or "right good" because non-natives think this is right funny indeed.
I have a friend from Bawston, bless her heart, who thinks it's hilarious when I say I've got to "carry" my daughter to the doctor or "cut off" the light. She also gets a giggle every time I am "fixin'" to do something. And, bless their hearts, they don't even know where "over yonder" is, or what "I reckon" means!
My personal favorite was my aunt, saying, "Bless her heart, she can't help being ugly, but she could've stayed home."
Southern girls know bad manners when they see them:
1. Drinking straight out of a can.
2. Not sending thank you notes.
3. Velvet after February.
4. White shoes before Memorial Day or after Labor Day
Southern girls always say:
1. "Yes, ma'am."
2. "Yes, sir."
Southern girls have a distinct way with fond expressions:
1. "Y'all come back now, ya heaah."
2. "Well, bless your heart."
3. "Drop by when you can."
4. "How's your mamaenem?"
5. "Love your hair."
Southern girls know their three R's:
1. Rich
2. Richer
3. Richest
Southern girls know everybody's first name:
1. Honey
2. Darlin'
3. Shugah
Southern girls know the movies that speak to their hearts:
1. "Gone With the Wind"
2. "Fried Green Tomatoes"
3. "Driving Miss Daisy"
4. "Steel Magnolias"
Southern girls know their cities dripping with Southern charm:
1. Hotlanta or Adlanna (Atlanta as outsiders say)
2. Richmon
3. Challston
4. S'vannah
5. Birminham
6. Nawlins'
7. Oh! and that city in Alabama ? It's pronounced MUNGUMRY!
Southern girls know the three deadly sins:
1. Bad hair
2. Bad manners
3. Bad blind dates
G.R.I.T.S. = Girls Raised in The South!
Now you run along, Shugah, and send this to someone else Raised In The South, i.e., Southern Belles, or ANY females aspiring to be GRITS. Even the northern ones, "Bless Their Hearts".
That Reminds me. I have a rubber stamp that says "Just because your children were born in the South does not make them Southerners. After all, if a cat had kittens in the oven, that wouldn't make them biscuits
Northern fairy tales begin with "Once upon a time...".
Southern fairy tales start out with "Y'all ain't gonna believe this ****!"
Southern fairy tales start out with "Y'all ain't gonna believe this ****!"
H2Andy
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KeyLargoBrent:
and they end with "and then he shot it."
i had a friend who told all these stories of her dad going into the swamp, and
they would go something like: so my dad goes into the swamp, and sees this
strange, beautiful, surprisingly intelligent creature, and then he shot it.
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jfoutz:
Knowing the gramatical difference between two things automatically eliminates one from being a redneck.
By the way, please do not confuse being a redneck with being a southerner, it's analagous to inferring that all yankees are New Yorkers.
Thanks, Tom, I love it !!!
By the way, when was the last time you heard one of your oldler, female relatives, when making an exclamatory statement, start of with the phrase, "Well, I swun-nee . . ." ? I think it was derived from, "Well, I swear , honey. . .", but not sure.
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