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Y'all's sprawl. Linguists study the spread of a Southern term
Houston Chronicle/Columbia News Service ^ | Feb. 19, 2005 | MOISES VELASQUEZ-MANOFF

Posted on 02/20/2005 7:45:38 PM PST by bayourod

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To: William Creel; All
Ess ok; yew jess ignert
81 posted on 02/20/2005 8:21:18 PM PST by Melpomene
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To: hispanarepublicana
we strip cotton...we don''t pick it.

I've picked plenty in my life.

82 posted on 02/20/2005 8:22:04 PM PST by Graybeard58 (Remember and pray for Spec.4 Matt Maupin - MIA/POW- Iraq since 04/09/04)
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To: bourbon

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

Almost... All y'all's base is belongin' t'us.


83 posted on 02/20/2005 8:23:01 PM PST by Keith in Iowa (Common Sense is an Oxymoron)
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To: Rex Anderson; Senator Pardek

Rex, how does one pronounce "Houston" and "triborough?" (And what the hay is a "triborough / try-burr?")

Pardek, have you ever been to Yewstun?


84 posted on 02/20/2005 8:23:24 PM PST by Nita Nupress
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To: Bouchart

Youse is a group of female sheep.


(Ewes for y'all in Rio Linda.)


85 posted on 02/20/2005 8:23:36 PM PST by Dr.Zoidberg (Children classics updated for Islam, "Allah loves me this I know, For the Koran tells me to explode")
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To: bayourod
Well if southerners talked as fast as New Yorkers we might have time to say "you all", but if we didn't take shortcuts we'd never finish a sentence.

I'm in Georgia. I used to work with a guy from New England. I remember him asking me to repeat what I said because he said we southerners talk too fast.

86 posted on 02/20/2005 8:24:50 PM PST by moonpie57 (Fred Howell McMurray, Jr...The man on my POW bracelet)
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To: bayourod; yall
I never have been a fan of the fast talkers.. they just sound weasly. Now I myself have been known to drag a sentence much longer than necessary due to my slow drawl.


But the important point everyone is missing is that "Y'all" represents SLAVERY and oppression, and is derogatory to all that is decent in this world and it offends me when I hear it spoken to no end and must be banned through the united states..just like that God awful flag (/sarcasm).

(this despite the fact that most of america's founders were slave owners, and that delaware and maryland (union)allowed slavery during the civil war).... here it comes...

The great thing about the south is that when our people move somewhere we usually try to retain our culture and assimilate those around us. That is why so many yankees are trying so hard to destroy the culture we have so that when we do move somewhere we are just like them, and have nothing to preserve.
87 posted on 02/20/2005 8:26:44 PM PST by DixieOklahoma (Death before dishonor!)
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To: stainlessbanner

I had to bookmark that Ya'llbonics glossary of yours. Thanx.


88 posted on 02/20/2005 8:27:09 PM PST by Blue Collar Christian ( Political correctness is incorrect. ><BCC>)
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To: WSGilcrest

Where'd you get that southern translation program? I want one. Can you integrate it with Babblefish to creat a one-step translation?


89 posted on 02/20/2005 8:28:59 PM PST by bayourod ("It's for the children" has been replaced by "It's to fight terrorists.")
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To: hispanarepublicana
tell your mom and them I said hey...

Scuse me, that's Mamanem...lol

90 posted on 02/20/2005 8:30:38 PM PST by moonpie57 (Fred Howell McMurray, Jr...The man on my POW bracelet)
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To: Blue Collar Christian; stainlessbanner
Convert English text to any of several comic dialects.
91 posted on 02/20/2005 8:30:49 PM PST by WSGilcrest (Tinky likes it!)
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To: stainlessbanner; bayourod
"Y'all" elegantly resolves all these concerns.

As evidenced by the Dept. that I manage at work. I've got a mix of Yankees, Calh-lee-forn-yuns and even a Filipino all saying "Ya'll".

Texas Forever!

92 posted on 02/20/2005 8:30:59 PM PST by w_over_w (Why is it called tourist season if we can't shoot at them?)
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Both culturally and numerically, the South is on the rise.
93 posted on 02/20/2005 8:31:40 PM PST by stainlessbanner (Gather round y'all)
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To: bayourod

missed you, see post #91 for link


94 posted on 02/20/2005 8:32:06 PM PST by WSGilcrest (Tinky likes it!)
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To: WSGilcrest

Wow! Someone else knows about the "Dialectizer"!


95 posted on 02/20/2005 8:33:27 PM PST by moonpie57 (Fred Howell McMurray, Jr...The man on my POW bracelet)
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To: moonpie57

i'm using an ipaq stylus/keyboard combo w/ block recognizer, and typing mamenem takes to long...how do i upgrade my ipaq dictionary to recognize Southern blocks?


96 posted on 02/20/2005 8:34:15 PM PST by hispanarepublicana (I was Lucy Ramirez when being Lucy Ramirez was't cool.)
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To: moonpie57

We went around and around with that, a few years ago, right here on this forum.


97 posted on 02/20/2005 8:35:46 PM PST by WSGilcrest (Tinky likes it!)
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To: WSGilcrest
I set the Dialectizer to the FR URL. That's a hoot!

BTW: It would be funny to hear those dry NPR radio voices have to say "y'all" if they covered this article.

98 posted on 02/20/2005 8:36:29 PM PST by stainlessbanner (Gather round y'all)
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To: Nita Nupress

No - but I did see Nolan Ryan pitch at Shea Stadium when I was a kid. Does that count?


100 posted on 02/20/2005 8:41:50 PM PST by Senator Pardek
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