Attn all Southerners

[photosynthesis]

I think it's y'all. But I'm not really a Southerner, I just go to college in Maryland, which is the New Jersey of the South.

[tojo]

[quote name='photosynthesis' date='Nov 8 2005, 04:17 PM']I think it's y'all.  But I'm not really a Southerner, I just go to college in Maryland, which is the New Jersey of the South.
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Midwesterner (*shudders*) wants to know: what is the significance of that?

[photosynthesis]

[quote name='tomasio127' date='Nov 8 2005, 04:23 PM']Midwesterner (*shudders*) wants to know: what is the significance of that?
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MD is one of the only blue states below the Mason-Dixon line... Baltimore reminds me a lot of Camden and Newark, and Baltimore County is a lot like where I grew up outside NYC. plus, both states have corrupt, bureaucratic governments

[photosynthesis]

although MD has Alan Keyes and NJ doesn't.

[Jaime]

[quote name='hugheyforlife' date='Nov 8 2005, 03:46 PM']
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Oh fess up already Hughey

[StColette]

I never put the comma lol

I just say yall

[Paphnutius]

Just curious...anyone use the word aint? If so, where does that apostrophe go?

[Sojourner]

[quote name='Paphnutius' date='Nov 8 2005, 05:23 PM']Just curious...anyone use the word aint? If so, where does that apostrophe go?
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ain't

But ain't ain't a word.




And it's y'all.

[StColette]

[quote name='Paphnutius' date='Nov 8 2005, 05:23 PM']Just curious...anyone use the word aint? If so, where does that apostrophe go?
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I say ain't all the time lol I also say "fixin to" lol Micah makes fun of me about that lol

[Sojourner]

[quote name='StColette' date='Nov 8 2005, 05:33 PM']I say ain't all the time lol I also say "fixin to" lol Micah makes fun of me about that lol
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As in, "I'm fixin' to go to the store"? I love that. I think I'll adopt it.

[StColette]

[quote name='Sojourner' date='Nov 8 2005, 05:34 PM']As in, "I'm fixin' to go to the store"? I love that. I think I'll adopt it.
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yes lol like "I'm fixin to go to the store" lol He cracks everytime that I say it lol

[Sojourner]

I'm fixin' to post a new topic ...

[StColette]

ROFL oh boy lol look what I've started.

[Sojourner]

I'm fixin' to go home, y'all.

[God's Errand Girl]

I can't believe I'm about to say this, being a Language Arts teacher and all, but the correct punctuation for the word is [b]y'all.[/b] (if you even want to begin arguing that this is a legitimate word)

Technically, "y'all" would be considered a contraction which stands for the words "you" and "all". The apostrophe normally replaces the missing letters of a word.

[franciscanheart]

[quote name='StColette' date='Nov 8 2005, 05:19 PM']I never put the comma lol

I just say yall
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its prolly better that you dont or we might all look at you funny

[quote name='StColette' date='Nov 8 2005, 05:33 PM']I say ain't all the time lol I also say "fixin to" lol Micah makes fun of me about that lol
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fixin to is so common i dont even think about saying it. it doesnt seem odd to me so the only time i think about it is when you mention micah laughing about it.

that and when i go to the docs show and they do the sketch with the funny words

JEET - did you eat?

and a ton of others i cant ever remember but are absolutely hilarious because we say em every day without thinking about it.

[franciscanheart]

Oh.... M R BUGS

them are bugs. M R BUGS

okay i guess you have to see the show to appreciate it but whatever....

[franciscanheart]

[quote name='hot stuff' date='Nov 8 2005, 05:16 PM']Oh fess up already Hughey
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alright alright. i edited my sig. now ive edited it back. are ya happy now, Lupe?

[Colleen]

It's ya'll, ya'll.

Believe me, I'm a convert to "ya'll." Being a Midwestern girl, I never really used the term until I started conversing with a certain Southern gentleman. He corrected me when I would spell it "y'all." Apparently, that's incorrect. Now, being a Northerner, I thought that "y" stood for "you." But I was informed that this was not the case, because according to a certain Southern gentleman, the "y" actually stands for "ya." So the contraction really should be "ya'll" as in "ya all."

Or so I'm told. Don't believe me? Read [url="http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/index.php?showtopic=23416"]this thread[/url]. (Wow, it's exactly a year and a day old. Really odd coincidence. )

Edited November 9, 2005 by Colleen

[Jazz4jesus]

i was told its ya'll i do it yall, just easier, take away the '