So we're all in the car and my Polish mother in law, who has never lived south of Toledo, Ohio, is telling my kid how she has a southern accent. My kid is saying, "No you don't, not at all." and I am wondering if it is valid for someone to self-identify as having a southern accent, and if I am then socially required to agree with their self-image in spite of all evidence.
So my mother in law goes ahead and proves she has a southern accent.... with the slight lilt in her voice she says, "You all. See?"
See actually enunciated YOU and then ALL.
If she had a single ounce of a sense of humor I'd have thought she was kidding.
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
Well, personally, I self-identify as southern. I just don't pretend I have a perfect southern accent..... but I do know the correct usage of both y'all, and all y'all.
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
Southern is one of a few accents I can fake at will. I get less convincing the more you pin down a region.
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
TPRJones wrote:Huh. That's the first I've heard that y'uns is specifically reserved for addressing groups of children. I stand corrected.
Well, I guess I should clarify.... his Mom always said it to us when we were children, so... that's the usage I know. I don't know if was ONLY to be used with children. I could probably ask her, she lives about 2 houses down from me.
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
