Well, yer' in fer' a treat Jeff! They's enough of us southerners around here to help ya' brush on on yer' English....the real kind o' English....Southern English! Hey, and maybe you kin' teach us good ole' boys a French word or two? What d'ya think? Lesson # 1 in Southern English Y'all Pronunciation: 'yol Function: Contraction Ye all or you all. All y'all Etymology: Intensive form of y'all This usage states "you all" more emphatically. For example, saying "I know y'all," would mean that one knows a group of people; saying, "I know all y'all" would mean that one knows the members of the group individually. Now it's all y'alls turn!! :rofl
Good start, Ron. Now we'll go on to something them fancy linguists (as opposed to linguini, I suppose...) call "double modals." Example: might oughta as in, "yuh might oughta get a raincoat on before yuh go out." OR might should, which is a nicer way of saying you SHOULD do something, which might be perceived as rude (and definitely not genteel at all.)
More Southern English Fixin' Function: Verb To get set, or to be on the verge. Example: We're fixin' to go cut some farwood. Function: Noun Customary accompaniments. Example: We had a turkey dinner with all the fixin's.
STILL more Southern English Like to Meaning nearly or close to. As in, "I like to fell from that pond bank." (I nearly fell from that pond bank.) or "Dammit. Don't jump out at me like that! I like to had a stroke!" (I came close to having a stroke!)
And, I am fixin' to hurt you! :: Ack! Ya'll are reminding me of my ex! Edit... Oh! Ron did that one already.. sorry.. lol :blush:
Some body needs to start another thread on this... Here's one... Lil' old me... Something JoAnna says when she is trying really hard to sound innocent.... it doesn't work but we all know what she is doing....
Lesson #1 in Southern English Y'all Pronunciation: 'yol Function: Contraction Ye all or you all. All y'all Etymology: Intensive form of y'all This usage states "you all" more emphatically. For example, saying "I know y'all," would mean that one knows a group of people; saying, "I know all y'all" would mean that one knows the members of the group individually.
More Southern English Fixin' Function: Verb To get set, or to be on the verge. Example: We're fixin' to go cut some farwood. Function: Noun Customary accompaniments. Example: We had a turkey dinner with all the fixin's.
Move it on over! OK, y'all...I took the hint...I started the new "Lessons in Southern English" thread over in the "Clean Jokes" aisle. And copied and pasted my two contris from here over to there. Thanks Mama Bear for makin' such a right and proper suggestion. We wouldn't want to get the "Welcome" thread all clogged up with a bunch of edukashunal stuff. It's y'alls resposibility to copy and paste your own over there. I can't do everything! And, remember, use proper Southern English when postin'.
Hmm, you guys (notice this northern's lack of y'all, though my mother did have y'all in her vocab) are downright odd to me. Okay, so I was born in Charleston, SC but we moved to Idaho when I was two and then to Indiana when I was about 6, then moved here to Virginia about 2 years ago (DC part of Virginia though, not a bastion of Southern language or culture). As such you sound quite odd to me, after all there weren't many heavy southern accents in northern indiana. Okay, there was the one guy I knew from deep down southern Lousianna (sp?), but his accent was so heavy I barely understood him for the first several months I knew him.
And don't ferget about me...I've learned three languages just from repeatedly dining at some of east Tennessee's classiest international restaurants....Russian, Italian and Thousand Island!
More Southern English Shore Function: Adverb To be certain, firm, positive or confident; without a doubt. Example: I was shore mama had the winning lotto ticket. Shorely Function: Adverb Certainly, undoubtedly, positively. Example: You shorely can't be serious about eatin' a whole pan of mama's cornbread.
