Y'all's sprawl. Linguists study the spread of a Southern term

Houston Chronicle/Columbia News Service ^ | Feb. 19, 2005 | MOISES VELASQUEZ-MANOFF

[bayourod]

If you don't say "Y'all" what do you say?

[cripplecreek]

This Michigan native says Y'all.

[smonk]

you will be assimilated. :)

[Bouchart]

Youse is like the northern version of y'all.

[annyokie]

ping, ya'll

[Mo1]

If you don't say "Y'all" what do you say?

Yoooooo

I'm from Philly :0)

[stainlessbanner]

Great big Ya'll

[Brian328i]

>> If you don't say "Y'all" what do you say?

I don't really know, I've used Y'all for quite some time. Being from very north-west of Montana I've always been used to using some Canadian in my English, eh? However for some reason it seems like the Flathead valley seems to have a tint of southern like culture. Maybe its all the canyon critters there? ><

[cyborg]

I say ya'll just because I'm lazy and don't want to say you all, and plus when I'm angry it makes me feel a little more feisty.

[WSGilcrest]

You, what do y'all say?

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Youse is like the northern version of y'all.

But Youse sounds stupid if you don't say it with the proper accent. Y'all works even in the midwest.

[Rebelbase]

"you will be assimilated. :)"

LOL! Resitance is futile.

[Larry Lucido]

I usually say "Every single one of you bastards," but I make sure they have a sense of humor first.

[cyborg]

ya'll and coonass have somehow found its way into my everyday vocab and blame it entirely on FR. I smell a southron conspiracy.

[angelr1076]

I'm a native New Yorker and I've been saying "ya'll" since I was a kid. Not exactly in a country accent though.

[Theresawithanh]

I say "you guys". Means both male and female.

[Graybeard58]

FR does have an influence.

My wife went to Wal Mart yesterday and I needed to talk to her so I called Wal Mart and asked them to ping my wife.

Of course I meant page my wife

What a dumass.

[Ryan Spock]

Well, I grew up in Houston, and definitely still say "y'all". But I think being in California for the last 14 years has finally rubbed off on me -- I'm just as likely to say "you guys" now, even if the "guys" are girls.

[bayourod]

"This Michigan native says Y'all. "

Most archaeologists now concur that the original Michigan-Americans migrated from the South to Detroit and are now returning to their native habitat.

[bourbon]

I know this isn't strictly a MS topic, but it deserves a ping anyway. (((MS PING)))

ALL Y'ALL's BASE ARE BELONG TO US.