Posted on 05/18/2004 8:09:41 AM PDT by 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."
Who sez we're mispronouncing it? ;)
The way I hear it spoken here, Y'all is singular or plural.
"All y'all" is always plural.
Language Tutorial Ping.
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Being from eastern NC, it has always sounded strange to me.
"y'all" is collective. "all y'all" is plural.
As a western girl, the mix of accents here in S. Florida is enough to drive one to drink. If it isn't some rude and loud broad from NJ, it's someone using incorrect grammar with a southern accent. Neither can anyone here spell correctly. Why, even some of our local streets names are misspelled. It's a tragedy that so many could be so poorly spoken. And folks wonder why they get pegged as ignorant.
In Deep Southern, "y'all" is -never- used as a singular. :)
"One of my favorites is from my sister, a professional comedian. To be a Southern preacher, you must be able to pronounce the name of Jesus in 4 or more syllables.
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Ja-eez'-us-a!
Sheeyut faar an' save matches!
They say it as one syllable. To tell the truth, I think I was more perplexed by the deep fried hotdog. I think the slaw was slathered on just to ease its pain and suffering.
The plural of y'all is.....
all y'all. ;o)
Linguistic BUMP!
Oviously written by an ijit. Mungumry is capitol of Bammer, not Berminhayum.
And "brawl" as in: "Grown women should wear brawls."
Grain: a nice color.
Rayid has two syllables. Another nice color.
You know what the difference is between a Yankee and a Damn Yankee?
A Yankee is a Northerner who comes down South to visit.
A Damn Yankee is one who STAYS!!
Ah, Hal's correct..."all y'all" is indeed plural, whilst "y'all" is collective. I still stand by my assertion that "y'all" is never to be used to refer to only one person, however. :^)
One of my most disliked mispronunciations isn't Southern at all. It seems like everyone uses it these days:
presenunitedstates
A one word subsitute for "President of the United States."
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