A Language Question For The Linguists

[Mimi]

HA! I still say yinz on occasion.

You are such a hoboette.

I'm not sure what that means.

[Dr. Medulla]

HA! I still say yinz on occasion.

You are such a hoboette.

I'm not sure what that means.

Just a silly jab at Pennsyltucky (sp?) as being a region of misfits.

[Mimi]

HA! I still say yinz on occasion.

You are such a hoboette.

I'm not sure what that means.

Just a silly jab at Pennsyltucky (sp?) as being a region of misfits.

We are misfits but that's right?

[Mimi]

Speaking of yinz...

One of my former co-workers had a good ear for my accent. She'd pick out words that I couldn't say right for the life of me like 'ol' combinations -- cold, old, fold, bold -- that sort of thing. When I was a theatre major, I had a few voice classes where we had to break these regional habits. I could never figure out how to say those words even after years of training. She taught me how to fix it in 30 seconds.

[Dr. Medulla]

HA! I still say yinz on occasion.

You are such a hoboette.

I'm not sure what that means.

Just a silly jab at Pennsyltucky (sp?) as being a region of misfits.

We are misfits but that's right?

I was raised in a place where people wear John Deere and Massey Ferguson hats and shirts unironically. I can't provide validation for any kind of misfittery.

[Dr. Medulla]

Geez, another reason to bump this thread? Perhaps something that will only interest RP: http://www.mentalfloss.com/article/5585 ... ed-enforce

[Dr. Medulla]

http://mentalfloss.com/article/58782/ca ... gle-person

What say the Sons and Daughters of the Confederacy?

"Y'all" is one Southernism that I've fully absorbed in my own speech (and the occasional "y'alls"), but I've never used it in the singular. Not a conscious decision, mind you, but it's just always seemed a plural.

[Heston]

"To terrorize y'all's neighbourhood" from Thriller confused me for years until I got clarification here. I always thought it was "yours."

[biopunk]

Yeah, I had a gf from New Mexico who'd use the plural for the singular. I used to look around to figure out who all was around.

[101Walterton]

Maori use 'yous' for the plural of you.

[Heston]

Maori use 'yous' for the plural of you.

So do Geordi.

[Wolter]

Fuck all y'all if any'a y'all think y'all can be singular.

[Wolter]

I do exaggerate my southerness sometimes around here when I'm around a bunch of DA BEARSS types.

EIDER DAT OR I DO AN EXAGGERATED CHICAGO MEATBALL ACCENT TA MOCK DEM, YOU GUYSS.

[Silent Majority]

As someone who's had cause to listen to a recording of Wolter talk every day for the last week or so, I'm disappointed he sounds less like Foghorn Leghorn or Yosemite Sam than I'd hoped.

[Wolter]

As someone who's had cause to listen to a recording of Wolter talk every day for the last week or so, I'm disappointed he sounds less like Foghorn Leghorn or Yosemite Sam than I'd hoped.

Sorry. Most Charlestonians under the age of 50 can be mistaken for Ohioans.