"Y'allbonics"

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[OldBlondBabe]

Not to be outdone by Ebonics in California, the Southern Association of Colleges & Schools is requesting billions of federal dollars to teach "Y'allbonics" in all classrooms south of the Mason-Dixon line. Included here are some samples of "Y'allbonics." If you do not understand any of them, contact a Southerner for an explanation.

HEIDI: (noun) Greeting.

HIRE YEW: (complete sentence) Remainder of greeting. Usage: "Heidi, hire yew?"

BARD: (verb) Past tense of the infinitive "to borrow." Usage: "My brother bard my pickup truck."

JAWJUH: (noun) The state north of Florida. Capital is Lanner. Usage: "My brother from Jawjuh bard my pickup truck."

BAMMER: (noun) The state west of Jawjuh. Capital is Berminhayum. Usage: "A tornader jes went through Bammer an' left $20,000,000 in improvements."

MUNTS: (noun) A calendar division. Usage: "My brother from Jawjuh bard my pickup truck, and I ain't herd from him in munts."

THANK: (verb) Cognitive process. Usage: "Ah thank ah'll have a Coke."

RANCH: (noun) A tool used for tight'nin' bolts. Usage: "I thank I leff my ranch in the back of that pickup truck my brother from Jawjuh bard a few munts ago."

ALL: (noun) A petroleum-based lubricant. Usage: "I sure hope my brother from Jawjuh puts all in my pickup truck."

FAR: (noun) A conflagration. Usage: "If my brother from Jawjuh don't change the all in my pickup truck, that thing's gonna catch far."

TAR: (noun) A rubber wheel. Usage: "I hope that brother of mine from Jawjuh don't git a flat tar in my pickup truck."

TIRE: (noun) A tall monument. Usage: "Lord willin' and the creek don't rise, Ah sure hope to see that Eiffel Tire in Pars sometime."

RETARD: (verb) To stop working. Usage: "My grampaw retard at age 65."

FARN: (adjective) Not domestic. Usage: "I cuddint unnerstand a wurd he sed .must be from some farn country."

DID: (adjective) Not alive. Usage: "He's did, Jim."

ARE: (noun) A colorless, odorless gas; oxygen. Usage: "He cain't breathe give 'im some ARE!"

BOB WAR: (noun) A sharp, twisted cable. Usage: "Boy, stay away from that bob war fence."

[TheBigB]

HOLENUTHER (noun) the opposite of "exact same." Ex. "Myrna found a rat in her pie at the Waffle House on Satdy. They brung her a holenuther slice."

OURSELFS (noun) "our selves" or "ourselves" Ex. "We brung some stewed turnips to Aunt Vespa but sheuz already dead so we ate um' ourselfs."

[pnz1]

You know I'm Southern, because I'm thinking a deep fried hotdog doesn't sound too bad. Have you ever heard the KY Headhunters song that refers to a "slaw-burger, fries and a bottle of Ski?"

[Judith Anne]

born: barn

borned: birthed.

don: having a terminal illness

dayid: dead

paints: pants

[TheBigB]

A Southern girl says, "Y'all can."

Not most of the ones I've met. *sigh* :^)

[WVNan]

DID: (adjective) Not alive. Usage: "He's did, Jim."

Thisun ain't rite. It's not "did"...."He's day-ud Jim" if you're from Bamma. If you're from Tin-nasee it's "He's daid Jim."

You-ins is another frequently used term in Tenn. as in "Youins ain't been hrere much of late."

[pnz1]

Idano bout that ole boy.

[dufekin]

You (pronounced "yoo") is singular.
You (pronounced "yawl") is plural.
All of you (pronounced "all yawl") refers to a multitude.

[dixiechick2000]

Peel---peel a potato, or take a peel (pill).

[stainlessbanner]

I thought pappy was always mispronouncing that one; he would get all flustered when we "tole" him it was a "chimney". Years later I finally discovered it is actually a "chibley".

Others: "Dern tootin'", "sho'nuff", "britches" "well ah'll be...." and we eat supper in the South.

The Southern language is so colorful.

[GOP_Proud]

Agreed. Singular person is still "you".

"Y'all" is reserved for the collective.

"Y'all's" is possesive for the collective.

Using "y'alls" as plural is just bad grammar in these parts.

[Revolting cat!]

Heah, y'all!

[pnz1]

Has tarnation been explained? Like "what in the tarnation is that?" (I'm thinking it's short for "the entire nation"?)

[Judith Anne]

One of the joys of my life is listening to old hillbillies talking...

shed: Rid of "He got shed of that girl purty quick when his missus found out."

and one my grandfather (Tenn) used: "Them jaspers" = crooks.
"Them jaspers stole that propitty clear as day."

[Constitution Day]

Good ones. You must have watched the Blue Collar Comedy Tour.

Hey, on the way back from my father-in-law's house the other day, Lynyrd Skynyrd came on the radio.
My wife was cracking up when I was getting our 3-year-old daughter to say:

"Hey, how bout playing sum Skynyrd, mayun!"

[mtbopfuyn]

Yes, "yuns" is "you ones."

We also do a lot of figuring here too - "Ah figure so" = "I agree" or a different meaning would be, "Ah figured she got a hitch in her git along" = I think she has bee in her bonnet" (or are bees in bonnets also Southern?).

[Revolting cat!]

Mo wods!

[MagnumRancid]

The plural of y'all is all-a-y'all.

[ErnBatavia]

"well ah'll be...."

LIB (Southern shorthand)

[mtbopfuyn]

What is pural for y'all?

It's singular or plural just as "you" can be either.

[jrushing]

In that case, "yalls'es" would be plural possessive. I think. :^)

Plural possessive? We don't know nothin bout that.
Nurse said, "Is that urine?" Boy said, "Naw that ain't none-a-mine, that's his'en."
Pronunciations depend on which Southern State you are from.