How do you feel about the word YALL?

OMG I just hate it so much!

Have you also noticed some people in the South say "axe" instead of "ask"?

I hate "yall."  Dunno why, just do.

I live in Texas. I've gotten used to hearing it.

The southern accent in general makes me cringe, possibly because I associate it with very stupid people.domatron23

I am indifferent about the word and its usage. Personally I don't ever use it.

As for the pronunciation of the word "ask" I have noticed that but only after someone else pointed it out to me.

Wtf? I've lived in Georgia for 12 years now and never heard somebody say "axe" instead of "ask". Actually, you're confusing "black southern" with "white southern". I'm used to "y'all" now. I can actually say it pretty good, but when I go back North, I say "you guys".

I associate it with very stupid people.domatron23

Yinz guys ain't from 'round here in pittsburgh...

I usually only hear yall because my step dad is from nashville tn, otherwise all you hear here is "yinz" not yall.

I live in Texas. I've gotten used to hearing it.

Blood-Scribe

Same. I don't think I myself have ever said it though.

[QUOTE="Blood-Scribe"]

I live in Texas. I've gotten used to hearing it.

UnrighteousFury

Same. I don't think I myself have ever said it though.

I use it very sparingly.

Wtf? I've lived in Georgia for 12 years now and never heard somebody say "axe" instead of "ask". Actually, you're confusing "black southern" with "white southern". I'm used to "y'all" now. I can actually say it pretty good, but when I go back North, I say "you guys".

GamerForca

I think it is a perfectly viable word, as there aren't any other particularly valid and concise means of saying "you" in plural.thepwninator

[QUOTE="thepwninator"]I think it is a perfectly viable word, as there aren't any other particularly valid and concise means of saying "you" in plural.fellybat

Southern accents make me wanna puke, I generally make a comment every time I hear one.trickmyster13

[QUOTE="fellybat"][QUOTE="thepwninator"]I think it is a perfectly viable word, as there aren't any other particularly valid and concise means of saying "you" in plural.thepwninator

The southern accent in general makes me cringe, possibly because I associate it with very stupid people.domatron23

[QUOTE="thepwninator"][QUOTE="fellybat"] Why not try "people of like thought" or "similar-minded people"- at least such does not make you sound like an "ejit"...fellybat

The one that's harder to say, given its specific nature. Y'all is meant to just be a general term for a group of people, not so much a specific set of individuals that hold similar interests. I don't get why you brought forth that suggestion as a replacement.

[QUOTE="thepwninator"][QUOTE="fellybat"] Why not try "people of like thought" or "similar-minded people"- at least such does not make you sound like an "ejit"...fellybat

1) "Articulate" is subjective.

2) "Y'all" has far wider use than "similar-minded people" and similar phrases by virtue of the fact that it is less specific.

3) It is a highly efficient and sufficient means of expressing one's self.

Wtf? I've lived in Georgia for 12 years now and never heard somebody say "axe" instead of "ask". Actually, you're confusing "black southern" with "white southern". I'm used to "y'all" now. I can actually say it pretty good, but when I go back North, I say "you guys".

GamerForca

i live in Georgia as well and i can't say i don't use the word occasionally but i haven't heard axe used a whole lot either 

i guess there's only one thing left to say now, 

"well y'all come back now"....lol 

[QUOTE="fellybat"][QUOTE="thepwninator"] Which is easier to say-"similar-minded people" or "y'all"? ;)thepwninator

1) "Articulate" is subjective.

2) "Y'all" has far wider use than "similar-minded people" and similar phrases by virtue of the fact that it is less specific.

3) It is a highly efficient and sufficient means of expressing one's self.

[QUOTE="thepwninator"]

[QUOTE="fellybat"] Which is more articulate and specific?fellybat

1) "Articulate" is subjective.

2) "Y'all" has far wider use than "similar-minded people" and similar phrases by virtue of the fact that it is less specific.

3) It is a highly efficient and sufficient means of expressing one's self.

Simple folk? Your mistaken use of an ad hominem argument shows the extent of your supposed superiority, my good sir.  My use of a dialect of which you are not particularly fond does not, by any means, make me a lesser being (or a member of the "simple folk", as you put it), nor does it, in and of itself, make anyone inferior, in any way, to anyone else. 

[QUOTE="fellybat"][QUOTE="thepwninator"]

 

1) "Articulate" is subjective.

2) "Y'all" has far wider use than "similar-minded people" and similar phrases by virtue of the fact that it is less specific.

3) It is a highly efficient and sufficient means of expressing one's self.

thepwninator

Simple folk? Your mistaken use of an ad hominem argument shows the extent of your supposed superiority, my good sir.  My use of a dialect of which you are not particularly fond does not, by any means, make me a lesser being (or a member of the "simple folk", as you put it), nor does it, in and of itself, make anyone inferior, in any way, to anyone else. 

If mediocrity is what you seek, then proceed as you were. 

[QUOTE="thepwninator"][QUOTE="fellybat"] Why do the simple folk constantly try to justify themselves via idiosyncratic conjecture?fellybat

Simple folk? Your mistaken use of an ad hominem argument shows the extent of your supposed superiority, my good sir.  My use of a dialect of which you are not particularly fond does not, by any means, make me a lesser being (or a member of the "simple folk", as you put it), nor does it, in and of itself, make anyone inferior, in any way, to anyone else. 

Change and degradation to a language are not one and the same. Indeed, many linguists believe that it is impossible for a language to "degrade" unless function is lost, and "y'all" is most definitely not an instance of a loss of function. In addition, it is, in no way, degenerating* to myself. If you believe that it, indeed, is, please tell me-I am ever so happy to prevent myself from "degeneration".

*I'm assuming you intended to use "denigrating"...?

[QUOTE="fellybat"][QUOTE="thepwninator"]

 

Simple folk? Your mistaken use of an ad hominem argument shows the extent of your supposed superiority, my good sir.  My use of a dialect of which you are not particularly fond does not, by any means, make me a lesser being (or a member of the "simple folk", as you put it), nor does it, in and of itself, make anyone inferior, in any way, to anyone else. 

thepwninator

Change and degradation to a language are not one and the same. Indeed, many linguists believe that it is impossible for a language to "degrade" unless function is lost, and "y'all" is most definitely not an instance of a loss of function. In addition, it is, in no way, degenerating* to myself. If you believe that it, indeed, is, please tell me-I am ever so happy to prevent myself from "degeneration".

*I'm assuming you intended to use "denigrating"...?

[QUOTE="thepwninator"][QUOTE="fellybat"] Why not respect and use the language that you have unwittingly adopted to it's fullest extent, without degenerating yourself in the process?fellybat

Change and degradation to a language are not one and the same. Indeed, many linguists believe that it is impossible for a language to "degrade" unless function is lost, and "y'all" is most definitely not an instance of a loss of function. In addition, it is, in no way, degenerating* to myself. If you believe that it, indeed, is, please tell me-I am ever so happy to prevent myself from "degeneration".

*I'm assuming you intended to use "denigrating"...?

As I have said before-the English language, like all other languages, evolves.  This is a completely undeniable fact.  Highly functional colloquialisms that have no viable alternatives often permeate through languages, no matter their origin nor their destination.

I find your intense dislike of a simple and functional word somewhat...bizarre, to say the least, by the way.