Comments on: Poll

By: Xrlq

Xrlq — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 17:45:38 +0000

I'm cool with y'all, when it's used in the plural. We need a pronoun for that. Using it in the singular, however, just plain grates. I put the singular y'all in the same category as the royal we (first person singular, for use by those who take themselves way too seriously), the smarmy we (second or third person singular or plural, as in "Why do 'we' support Policy X, which I hate" or "My, aren't 'we' a ray of *&^%ing sunshine) and the politically correct they (third person singular, used to avoid saying he or she at all costs). Then again, I'm one of those kooks who would rehabilitate ain't as a first person signular contraction only.

By: tgirsch

tgirsch — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 05:10:28 +0000

“Y’all” has always bugged me, and I never thought anything could be worse, until I encountered “ya’ll.” But worse than that, I’ve encountered a blog commenter who consistently types “ca’nt” — ugh!

By: virgil xenophon

virgil xenophon — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 19:13:04 +0000

#7 should be defining exact dimensions of
the “grits line” viz Mason-Dixon. That is to say, that part of the U.S. below which one automatically is served grits with eggs
for breakfast instead of hash browns. I maintain the line begins in D.C. and travels west through southern two-thirds of W.Va, southern Ohio{the rural parts only}hits So.Ind.{the very tip and again mostly rural, towns dir. opposite Louisville such as New
Albany, Clarksville& Jeffersonville 2/3 Hashbrown–same for Evansville). The Ill. border presents an even greater defini- tional delimma. Most people don’t realize that the northern part is further North than N.J., while the southern tip(“little Egypt”where peaches are grown) is further south than almost all of KY & So. third of Va.
SOOO….problem is most people in North consider everything from Springfield on down to be “Southern” while those in South call everyone north of, say, Mt. Vernon “Yankees.” Truth be told, the space between
the two (Central Ill.)is the “DMZ” of the grits line wherein cornbread&beans, oakra and So. fried chicken coexist with ruhbarb pie, otherwise completely bland food and other distinctly northern delights.

From Ill. Gritz line plunges down through
central Mizzou, bisecting both Okla. and Texas NE to SW in its downward plunge and
terminating near Del Rio Texas. As someone who grew up in E. Central Ill., lived for 20 yrs in Louisville, and took my AF pilot tng at Laughlin AFB in Del Rio, I know whereof I speak. Annybody wanna argue?

By: McGehee

McGehee — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 02:52:55 +0000

7. ???

8. PROFIT!

By: Dr T

Dr T — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 13:52:16 +0000

y’all is a clear plural, just like vosotros in Spanish. Improper, colloquial usage will present a singular. The war will start over the definition of winter.

By: Stashiu3

Stashiu3 — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 07:16:56 +0000

7. Microsoft vs. Apple

By: SayUncle

SayUncle — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 02:25:33 +0000

1 – KK, naturally

2 – both suck

3 – 1

And there can be no peace between our people until you embrace y’all.

By: Kevin Baker

Kevin Baker — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 20:36:34 +0000

Y’all is singular.

All y’all is plural.

Damnyankee.

By: Xrlq

Xrlq — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 11:42:31 +0000

My theory is that y'all is usually plural, and always plural when preceded by all. but that the preceding all is neither emphatic nor a plural marker. Rather, it's just a good old fashioned "all," there to clarify that when I say y'all I really mean all of y'all, not just some of y'all. And that's not limited to y'all or the South. We all do the same with other plural pronouns, as I just did myself by saying "we all."

By: Dana

Dana — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 00:57:50 +0000

Y’all is both singular and plural,though all y’all is only plural; it is not redundant, but emphatic.

Youse is not plural; it’s possessive. You’uns can only be used when addresing some damned Yankee who has used we’uns, or perhaps — on rare occasions — youse guys.