Y'all
it sounds so good
Y'all.
ever since i took HS spanish from the woman with the arkansas drawl... i have always wondered why there is no term in the english language for "usedes"
except, "y'all."
put concisely, it is the plural of "you." something missing in the english language, carefully replaced by those who would wed their cousins. come on, y'all know what i'm talking about. especially in this great country where 80% of the citizens do not have their passport and we are only not inbred by virtue of so much real estate! i mean look at the british. they spent thousands of years on that island and just look at them! they were so inbred they decided at one point in their evolution that they needed to make a distinction between the highbred (inbred) and the wallers (those that might not marry their sisters) by incorporating Latin rules into their language to make it sound more "refined." well, it made just about the most difficult language on the planet. and they mysteriously left out "y'all."
it is such a useful phrase, y'all. it so easily distinguishes the singular from the plural. i have so often found it to be a useful (albeit embarassing) part of my language.
but that was me as a city girl. now i am a tombstone lady. and while i still have the benefit of all my teeth, my pupils do not balk at my use of the phrase "y'all." for they are mostly from military families and understand the useage.
and for those of you who waited patiently, here is a photo taken from the washes in which buddy and i like to run (note his little ears in the lower right)
it sounds so good
Y'all.
ever since i took HS spanish from the woman with the arkansas drawl... i have always wondered why there is no term in the english language for "usedes"
except, "y'all."
put concisely, it is the plural of "you." something missing in the english language, carefully replaced by those who would wed their cousins. come on, y'all know what i'm talking about. especially in this great country where 80% of the citizens do not have their passport and we are only not inbred by virtue of so much real estate! i mean look at the british. they spent thousands of years on that island and just look at them! they were so inbred they decided at one point in their evolution that they needed to make a distinction between the highbred (inbred) and the wallers (those that might not marry their sisters) by incorporating Latin rules into their language to make it sound more "refined." well, it made just about the most difficult language on the planet. and they mysteriously left out "y'all."
it is such a useful phrase, y'all. it so easily distinguishes the singular from the plural. i have so often found it to be a useful (albeit embarassing) part of my language.
but that was me as a city girl. now i am a tombstone lady. and while i still have the benefit of all my teeth, my pupils do not balk at my use of the phrase "y'all." for they are mostly from military families and understand the useage.
and for those of you who waited patiently, here is a photo taken from the washes in which buddy and i like to run (note his little ears in the lower right)
posted by Miss B at
7:57 PM
2 Comments:
Buddy's ears in the lower right...so cute.
I think we had the same Spanish teacher in HS. I use y'all since then too, and am subject to much mocking. *sigh*
Love the wittle pony ears!
Sadly, I was forbidden to use words such as y'all, youngins' and ain't as a wee girl in Indiana. My Wisconsin parents were not about to let their little cheesehead fall into the usage of such coloquialisms. (sigh)
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