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by Zebulon on January 29th, 2009
I'm from the South and I know plenty of people who don't say it. As much as Hollywood loves to capitalize on it, the South isn't the dungheap of ignorance and poor speech that it's made out to be.
Personally, I've never really understood why ya'll is such a picked over word. It's much easier to say ya'll than it is to say 'you all'.
by nucleotideboy on January 29th, 2009
Nobody says it in the UK! Except when we're doing fake American accents (and we always seem to do Southern accents when we're doing negative stereotypes - sorry).
by anonymous on January 29th, 2009
Nope.
Did Gram Parsons make up the phrase 'hickory wind' or was it an old-south phrase?
by gregscott54 on August 13th, 2010
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Whats "Rocks a go T" mean? (i don't know how thats written)
by LadywithdirtyHands on October 23rd, 2010
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Do you ever describe someone as being a 'Bum'?
by laser on July 14th, 2010
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a friend heard a guy talking about me,he said"she looks swedish, you can tell by her body shape." any ideas of what this means?
by kiimmmmxd on July 5th, 2010
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What you mean by saying "Been there, done that"??
by LadywithdirtyHands on August 21st, 2010
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You're reading If you're not from the South (US), do you ever say "y'all"? If you are from the South, do you know anybody who DOESN'T say it?
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I picked it right up when I was in Houston for work about 12 years ago; it's more useful than "you guys", and "y'all's" sounds better than "you guyses".
by Amorphous Blob on January 29th, 2009
Yup.
by Zebulon on January 29th, 2009