Posted by Sylvia_FL on 11/10/07 9:13am Msg #220620
Belated Good Morning to y'alls
Reply by Elaine Sedlock on 11/10/07 12:39pm Msg #220629
And a great afternoon to all! n/m
Reply by MikeC/NY on 11/10/07 6:28pm Msg #220660
y'alls???
My sister-in-law in Texas has advised me that it's either "y'all" (third person singular), or "all y'all" (third person plural). That, plus the fact that any verb in the English language can be modified by the phrase "fixin' to"... I'm sure Brenda can confirm this...
Reply by Sylvia_FL on 11/10/07 9:36pm Msg #220666
Re: y'alls??? - From The Urban Dictionary
"y'alls the extra plural form of y'all. Refers to at least ten people.
Reply by jba/fl on 11/10/07 11:29pm Msg #220676
From The Urban Dictionary
"y'all's 5 up, 1 down
(noun, plural and possessive) Possession or ownership by two or more persons. Derived from you + all, similar to yourns'
'S that there stuff y'all's?"
"2. y'all 245 up, 43 down
Southern 2nd person plural pronoun. Most concise and easily distinguished. Despite the assurance of some emails that have been passing around, "y'all" is plural. Only an absolute idiot would use it as a singular pronoun.
Where are y'all going?" _____________________ Sylvia: the usage in sentence is correct because it is possessive. Never heard of "y'all's" used in another manner though. Perhaps in street lingo, but this (y'all) is Southern, not street, though street usage is corruption of the language further than slang, although it is still slang (linguistically speaking) of the hip hop movement and other rappers. (Did that make sense?...I think I understood) I will not go into the grammar of the sentence though, that is a regional, linguistic, educational and class (no, we are not a classless society) corruption. Tho PBS show last night I watched makes me wonder if someday not far off the language will shift further down the spectrum and de-evolve into something neither of us will understand.
Reply by BrendaTx on 11/11/07 10:53am Msg #220688
Re: y'alls??? * I'm sure Brenda can confirm this... *
Y'all is interchangeably used for both singular and plural.
Y'all come over. -You come over...and if you happen to have company, bring them, too.
Y'all all come over. -Everyone in your house, car, or clan come on over here.
All y'all come over. (Includes "the baby." -This is not an invitation. It is a direct order. It means, "Get your a$$ over here, now...every last one of you and bring the baby." Usually followed up by a consequential behavior which will involved what the order giver intends to do as a planning device or as a consequence. "I'm fixin' to boil shrimp Uncle Red just brought up fresh from the Gulf and you will miss the shrimp boil if you don't come." OR "I'm fixin' to write my will and you won't be in it if all y'all don't come now." OR if the order receivers are children" "I'm fixin' to cut a switch if all y'all don't get over here where you belong right now...and bring the baby." ("The baby" can be of any age as long as it is the youngest.)
I have never heard of "y'alls" except when it is used as possesive plural: Y'all's. For instance, "Y'all all come over and bring y'all's dogs if you need to. We'll just put them out in the yard with ours." (No, we don't say "our'n"--"ours" is correct Texas usage.)
All y'all can also be interchanged with "you people." Again, it's an angry or direct order usage. "All y'all think you are better than us."
Colloquialism difference applies in regions in clannish collections of people as small as within a a home, an extended family, or an immediate family.
Reply by MikeC/NY on 11/11/07 8:04pm Msg #220717
Re: y'alls??? * I'm sure Brenda can confirm this... *
My brother and sister-in-law are NYers transplanted to Texas (Dallas), and I got a chuckle when she explained the "y'all" stuff to me - and thank you for indirectly confirming the "fixin' to" part, because after only 3 years there it has become part of her speech pattern.
I was in Dallas last year for a visit - absolutely loved it and was considering relocating, but it's too darn hot in the summer... In NY it's not the heat, it's the humidity; in Dallas, it's definitely the heat...
