Friday, September 22, 2006

Seriously Ya'll

I am happy to report that, according to this dictionary.com article, [3rd entry from the top under 'Regional Note'] the word "ya'll" is not only "The single most famous feature of Southern United States dialects" but it also "functions with perfect grammatical regularity". Wow, I wouldn't have believed that "grammatical" was a word if I hadn't seen it on dictionary.com. :-)

I can hold my head high knowing that by using "ya'll" I am defending the "distinction between singular and plural" forms of you; a distinction that "began to blur as early as the 13th century" in the English language.

What's more, I'm not even gonna be snooty about it. If you druther use "y'all" over "ya'll", well I won't even hold it against you.

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