[colorado tanker]

"His comments were (probably) taken by the audience similarly to how I took it when I was criticized for saying "y'all" (to several people) in the North." LOL! "Y'all" is very useful because it fills a void in the English language, which, incidentally, does not occur in Spanish and the other Romance languages.

[Doctor Stochastic]

Yes. But if it is also a mark of non-standard English at some Northern Universities.