There's nothing wrong with y'all. It's better than "you people" or my favorite, "yous guys." I use it mainly on social media because it's convenient and I have a perfectly average vocabulary. Plus, it's less letters than other options and that's important for Twitter. Of all the things they could make baseless accusations from, this one is pretty stupid.
Oh, FFS 🙄.Former teacher of Legal Writing and Research here. There is absolutely nothing wrong with your vocabulary. Your syntax is also first rate. As the daughter of a Mexican immigrant who became a tejano, “y’all” was a word I learned and used at an early age. And still do!
This is SO good (as always) and SO appreciated! If it makes you feel any better, a college professor told me in front of other students that she couldn't believe I was from the South, because I seemed so intelligent and sophisticated. I told her that it was all a facade, and when I got home at night I laid back in my rocking chair, lit up my corncob pipe, and took my teeth out. Bless her heart.
Sigh. I don't blame you for letting this get to you. People like that annoy the fuck out of me.
English USED to have a 2nd person plural pronoun because it is a Germanic language.
Over the centuries, after the Angles and the Saxons had permanently migrated to England and came into contact with the various celtic tribes, romanized Britons, Vikings, etc...the language changed, and the 2nd person plural as a distinct form was lost.
The REASON y'all exists is because of that very obvious linguistic loss that complicates comprehension. In other words, an absolutely essential bit of American English that I, personally, adore and use all the fucking goddamn time.
This lady reminds me of all the other arrogant Americans I have had to tell that they do, indeed, have an accent. We ALL have accents. Just because YOUR particular accent has been selected as the privileged variety doesn't make you accent-neutral.
And, lastly, to end this screed, fuck all y'all grammatical prescriptivists out there.
Love ya Corey and next time y'all are in SLC, UT, go to Red Iguana for some of the best Mexican food out there today!
S. Louisiana native saying that I have heard y'all used all over the country by native speakers from states up north and out west. Is it unChristian for me to point that out to people who have ridiculed my accent?
The only people who would ridicule a South Louisiana accent are folks who have no business ridiculing anybody's accents. And yes, I'm looking at you, folks from North Louisiana.
as a texan who actively tries and mostly succeeds at not having a texan accent there are times where i’ve almost used “y’all” before remembering what two words it contracts and just saying “you all” (which comes out as stilted as you’d assume). but yeah i get it - it’s just useful to be able to quickly refer to a group someone is in. people “correcting” your grammar on that level don’t understand what a writing voice is.
not to mention 33% of why i love them wellRED boys is listening to and learning the inside-joke hillbilly parlance they’ve apparently developed over their friendship. my friend group has something similar but none of us are professional comedians so theirs beats the shit out of ours. well, it hits, anyway.
I'm a writing professor, and--as a rhetoric and composition expert who understands language is fluid and often a tool of oppression--I'd just like to cosign that shit.
In Italian there's a verb tense for "y'all." We are the ones who are backwards. And as we say in the south, "Bless her heart," and we know what that really means.
There's nothing wrong with y'all. It's better than "you people" or my favorite, "yous guys." I use it mainly on social media because it's convenient and I have a perfectly average vocabulary. Plus, it's less letters than other options and that's important for Twitter. Of all the things they could make baseless accusations from, this one is pretty stupid.
Love it!
💖💖💖💖💖
cheryl the possum?? 😂😂😂that made pop come out of my nose! (i think y'all call it "soda" down there)
Oh, FFS 🙄.Former teacher of Legal Writing and Research here. There is absolutely nothing wrong with your vocabulary. Your syntax is also first rate. As the daughter of a Mexican immigrant who became a tejano, “y’all” was a word I learned and used at an early age. And still do!
A diatribe worthy of Huck Finn.
This is SO good (as always) and SO appreciated! If it makes you feel any better, a college professor told me in front of other students that she couldn't believe I was from the South, because I seemed so intelligent and sophisticated. I told her that it was all a facade, and when I got home at night I laid back in my rocking chair, lit up my corncob pipe, and took my teeth out. Bless her heart.
I am trying to repress a kind of rage that your teacher's words have provoked in me.
Sigh. I don't blame you for letting this get to you. People like that annoy the fuck out of me.
English USED to have a 2nd person plural pronoun because it is a Germanic language.
Over the centuries, after the Angles and the Saxons had permanently migrated to England and came into contact with the various celtic tribes, romanized Britons, Vikings, etc...the language changed, and the 2nd person plural as a distinct form was lost.
The REASON y'all exists is because of that very obvious linguistic loss that complicates comprehension. In other words, an absolutely essential bit of American English that I, personally, adore and use all the fucking goddamn time.
This lady reminds me of all the other arrogant Americans I have had to tell that they do, indeed, have an accent. We ALL have accents. Just because YOUR particular accent has been selected as the privileged variety doesn't make you accent-neutral.
And, lastly, to end this screed, fuck all y'all grammatical prescriptivists out there.
Love ya Corey and next time y'all are in SLC, UT, go to Red Iguana for some of the best Mexican food out there today!
Y'all is inclusive and gender neutral... checks out that it pisses some people off. I love your momma's crooked smile wisdom.
I'm a military brat. So my vernacular is a literal cluster fuck. Sprinkled with a sailors use of expletives.
Mama is a Wisconsin raised woman. And lord did the use of ain't and y'all get her in a tizzy out of our mouths.
I still do it partly to piss her off (47)
But also I love the color dialects bring and I love the utility of y'all in particular.
S. Louisiana native saying that I have heard y'all used all over the country by native speakers from states up north and out west. Is it unChristian for me to point that out to people who have ridiculed my accent?
The only people who would ridicule a South Louisiana accent are folks who have no business ridiculing anybody's accents. And yes, I'm looking at you, folks from North Louisiana.
I't'n that the truth?
Or is it ittin? Sure isn't innit as I sometimes see written
It’s “idn’t” where I come from!
having moved from massachusetts to louisiana in my late 30's i near to shit myself the first time i heard y'all come out of my mouth.
as a texan who actively tries and mostly succeeds at not having a texan accent there are times where i’ve almost used “y’all” before remembering what two words it contracts and just saying “you all” (which comes out as stilted as you’d assume). but yeah i get it - it’s just useful to be able to quickly refer to a group someone is in. people “correcting” your grammar on that level don’t understand what a writing voice is.
not to mention 33% of why i love them wellRED boys is listening to and learning the inside-joke hillbilly parlance they’ve apparently developed over their friendship. my friend group has something similar but none of us are professional comedians so theirs beats the shit out of ours. well, it hits, anyway.
I'm a writing professor, and--as a rhetoric and composition expert who understands language is fluid and often a tool of oppression--I'd just like to cosign that shit.
In Italian there's a verb tense for "y'all." We are the ones who are backwards. And as we say in the south, "Bless her heart," and we know what that really means.
I was JUST going to make the comment by Sue Kocher below. I find y’all quite insightful!