"all y'all" means "all of you, and your immediate families," right?
Never heard that one. Susan's take is more my own.
Oh, wow. This place looks great. Oh, I feel like a witch in a magic shop.
Willow ,'Help'
Spike's Bitches 38: Well, This Is Just...Neat.
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brenda m - Nov 05, 2007 11:29:36 am PST #2714 of 10002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Steph L. - Nov 05, 2007 11:31:37 am PST #2715 of 10002
I look more rad than Lutheranism
The only Southernisms I still use (I think) are y'all (perfectly good word) and "going to".
"Going to" is a Southernism? As in "I'm going to cook some dinner?"
There isn't really an equivalent to "all y'all" in standard English is there? Nothing that works as well anyway.
Does "all of you" not convey the same thing ?
I prefer the piquant "youse."
lisah - Nov 05, 2007 11:32:12 am PST #2716 of 10002
Punishingly Intricate
I prefer the piquant "youse."
I enjoy that one as well!
Scrappy - Nov 05, 2007 11:33:13 am PST #2717 of 10002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
My mom says "hurry on" instead of "hurry up," which I think is a Michigan thing. I love y'all and use it when needed.
Daisy Jane - Nov 05, 2007 11:38:11 am PST #2718 of 10002
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
"Going to" is a Southernism? As in "I'm going to cook some dinner?"
I think we'd say "fixin' to," Susan.
ETA: My grandanday would have said "going to" as "gwan"
Laga - Nov 05, 2007 11:38:22 am PST #2719 of 10002
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I didn't realize "come with" is a midwestern impression. My roommate things it sounds funny when I say, "I'm going to the store, you wanna come with?"
Susan W. - Nov 05, 2007 11:39:42 am PST #2720 of 10002
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
I know I picked up "come with" in college, but I didn't know its regional origin. (I went to college in Philly, but with a student body from all around the country--my freshman class had students from 48 of 50 states, lacking only the Dakotas for a complete set.)
juliana - Nov 05, 2007 11:42:42 am PST #2721 of 10002
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
I've always used "all y'all" as sort of an "everyone, yes, EVERYBODY, and that does mean you, too."
Me too.
Laura - Nov 05, 2007 11:47:03 am PST #2722 of 10002
Our wings are not tired.
Oh, youse guys! No doubt I have picked up words from the various places I lived. My favorite words added from the south (I don't consider SE Florida to be the south at all) are reckon and y'all. Both excellent words.
Not enough time spent near the midwest to ever use "come with" naturally. My Philly 1st DH used to say "heard tell," which was quite odd to my ears.
megan walker - Nov 05, 2007 11:48:33 am PST #2723 of 10002
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I didn't realize "come with" is a midwestern impression. My roommate things it sounds funny when I say, "I'm going to the store, you wanna come with?"
I noticed this when I went to Minneapolis for my brother's wedding this summer. It sounded so strange to me, but now I've been re-watching Season 5 Buffy and they use it all the time.