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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
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)
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)
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?
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")
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)
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!)
To: stainlessbanner
I had to bookmark that Ya'llbonics glossary of yours. Thanx.
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.")
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)
To: Blue Collar Christian; stainlessbanner
91
posted on
02/20/2005 8:30:49 PM PST
by
WSGilcrest
(Tinky likes it!)
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?)
Both culturally and numerically, the South is on the rise.
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!)
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)
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.)
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!)
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.
Comment #99 Removed by Moderator
To: Nita Nupress
No - but I did see Nolan Ryan pitch at Shea Stadium when I was a kid. Does that count?
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