One of the worst things about being southern is that my vernacular has been co-opted by overly-radical social justice types. Every time I say “y’all” or “folks” I hear them, not me, and I fucking hate it.
same
Damn
I saw a post that said white people cant say ya’ll because its “appropriation of black culture ”
Hell nah
I’m white and one time this black kid that I work with was like “why do you say ‘y’all’ even though you’re white?”
And I was like Uhh….”I’m southern and kinda country.” I didn’t have the time to get into the fact that much of what is now considered “urban” slang has been used in the rural south by both black and white people (and anyone else who spent enough time there to pick it up) for a couple hundred years at least, and the history of the First and Second Great Migrations.
Booyah
Tag: slang
- [singular] y’all
- [plural] all y’all
3. [alternate plural] all’a y’all
4. [possessive pronoun] y’all’s
5. [future tense] y’all’ll