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To: CatherineofAragon
It's slovenly all the same M'Lady.
85 posted on 04/03/2015 6:42:38 PM PDT by jmacusa (Liberalism defined: When mom and dad go away for the weekend and the kids are in charge.)
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To: jmacusa
"It's slovenly all the same M'Lady."

Jmacusa, you and I have exchanged very friendly posts concerning the loss of your cat, so I want to be nice. But that is patently ridiculous.

"Y'all" is a contraction of two words. It's no more slovenly than any other contraction, and is perfectly acceptable. What sets it apart is the fact that it's purely regional. If one has an objection to it, and not to the use of all other contractions, then it's fair to say the person's problem is with the region itself, which would not reflect well upon that individual.

Now, I could see having a problem with the word "ain't", which is ungrammatical (though I wouldn't go so far as to call it slovenly). I've seen you use "ain't" in your posts, which makes your objection to "y'all" even more mystifying.

For the record, I occasionally use "ain't" myself when in a private setting with family or friends.

Here's something interesting:

The Remarkable History Of Y'all

106 posted on 04/04/2015 12:06:57 PM PDT by CatherineofAragon ("This is a Laztatorship. You don't like it, get a day's rations and get out of this office.")
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