We live in East Texas…Y’all is mandatory for any type of communication.
‘Set down’ replaces ‘sit down’ as well. And howdy is a must-have in your Nacogdoches lexicon.
Put it up means put it away, store it, etc.
Aside from the obligatory y’all, if you want to include everyone in your line of sight or get people’s attention, it’s “all y’all.”
Yes, we have some interesting colloquialisms.
We live in East Texas…Y’all is mandatory for any type of communication.
‘Set down’ replaces ‘sit down’ as well. And howdy is a must-have in your Nacogdoches lexicon.
Now yer talkin’ my kinda language. I’m so grateful to be a born and bred Texan. My mommas people are from the east side of Highway 59 and daddy’s the west side (outta Lufkin of course).;)
A quick Spelling Bee ask someone to spell it without writing it down.
Waxahachie.
Then ask if they’ve ever been there ?
I’m in Alabama. Most of East Texas was settled by Alabamians.