Southern Talk (1 Viewer)

[Joe Bryant]

For y'all language nerds like me, you may like this writer who explains Southern Phrasing.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/22/...e_code=1.OU0.91vf.MWKUSDGhXtru&smid=url-share

Yes, it's the NY Times but he's a Laurel Mississippi native and he gets it.

He does most of his work on Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/landontalks/?hl=en

 

[Galileo]

@Joe Bryant Is Landon a relative? I am guessing not as you probably would have mentioned it in your post. Southern folk are a special breed...Bless their hearts.

 

[Joe Bryant]

@Joe Bryant Is Landon a relative? I am guessing not as you probably would have mentioned it in your post. Southern folk are a special breed...Bless their hearts.

Thanks @Galileo.

We're not related as far as I know. Most of the Bryants in our family are from Eastern TN and North Carolina and then Ireland/Scotland before that. But anything is possible!

 

[AAABatteries]

I think over the years of working in corporate environments I've managed to eliminate most of the Southern terminology that I grew up using. The big one that I still use all the time is y'all. Not sure I'll outgrow that one. I used "fixin' to" quite a bit back in my younger days but don't think that one slips out anymore.

 

[Mister CIA]

The one word sentence a southern man never wants to hear from his wife: Fine

 

[Pip's Invitation]

I think over the years of working in corporate environments I've managed to eliminate most of the Southern terminology that I grew up using. The big one that I still use all the time is y'all. Not sure I'll outgrow that one. I used "fixin' to" quite a bit back in my younger days but don't think that one slips out anymore.

Despite being from the Northeast I say “y’all” because my stepmother is from Texas and I got used to it, and because it’s a convenient shortcut that doesn’t have an equivalent in Northern American English.

 

[Joe Bryant]

I think over the years of working in corporate environments I've managed to eliminate most of the Southern terminology that I grew up using. The big one that I still use all the time is y'all. Not sure I'll outgrow that one. I used "fixin' to" quite a bit back in my younger days but don't think that one slips out anymore.

Y'all is perfect.

It's easy and totally politically correct and inclusive. Can't go wrong there.

 

[AAABatteries]

I think over the years of working in corporate environments I've managed to eliminate most of the Southern terminology that I grew up using. The big one that I still use all the time is y'all. Not sure I'll outgrow that one. I used "fixin' to" quite a bit back in my younger days but don't think that one slips out anymore.

Y'all is perfect.

It's easy and totally politically correct and inclusive. Can't go wrong there.

Agree until my Indian contractors have no clue what I’m saying

 

[Phil Elliott]

I think over the years of working in corporate environments I've managed to eliminate most of the Southern terminology that I grew up using. The big one that I still use all the time is y'all. Not sure I'll outgrow that one. I used "fixin' to" quite a bit back in my younger days but don't think that one slips out anymore.

Y'all is perfect.

It's easy and totally politically correct and inclusive. Can't go wrong there.

All y'all when there are more than just y'all.

 

[IvanKaramazov]

I think over the years of working in corporate environments I've managed to eliminate most of the Southern terminology that I grew up using. The big one that I still use all the time is y'all. Not sure I'll outgrow that one. I used "fixin' to" quite a bit back in my younger days but don't think that one slips out anymore.

Y'all is perfect.

It's easy and totally politically correct and inclusive. Can't go wrong there.

Agree until my Indian contractors have no clue what I’m saying

Can't they do the needful and Google it?

 

[3C's]

I think over the years of working in corporate environments I've managed to eliminate most of the Southern terminology that I grew up using. The big one that I still use all the time is y'all. Not sure I'll outgrow that one. I used "fixin' to" quite a bit back in my younger days but don't think that one slips out anymore.

Way better than yinz.

 

[ChiefD]

I pull out the sheeeeeeeit quite a bit. Followed by a quick spit to the side.

 

[Ilov80s]

I think over the years of working in corporate environments I've managed to eliminate most of the Southern terminology that I grew up using. The big one that I still use all the time is y'all. Not sure I'll outgrow that one. I used "fixin' to" quite a bit back in my younger days but don't think that one slips out anymore.

Y'all is perfect.

It's easy and totally politically correct and inclusive. Can't go wrong there.

Agreed. I unconsciously adopted it awhile back. It kind of surprised me the first few times I said it like you said it’s perfect for any situation.

 

[massraider]

I used "fixin' to" quite a bit back in my younger days but don't think that one slips out anymore.

For some reason I liked this one, when I heard it down South.

I will use it occasionally, but only if I am planning on doing something I am really going to enjoy. I will tell someone I am fixin' to watch 9 hours of football on Sunday. I don't say I'm fixin' to go to the dentist. I don't know why.

 

[rockaction]

I've dropped the "y'all" out of my vocab. I had picked it up in my early twenties when I dated a girl from Nashville and it stayed until my late twenties. But people would look at me funny in D.C. (an area very close to Southern customs and language) when I did that, though, so now I use "you all" to avoid any sort of phoniness about being Southern. I'm not Southern, so "you all" it is.

 

[UncleZen]

I used to use the word "fixin" a lot as well until I joined the military. I got ridiculed a lot for it until I eventually dropped it from my vocabulary. I also lost my very southern accent too. I don't know why ya'll is not a standard contraction. It should be.

 

[AAABatteries]

I think over the years of working in corporate environments I've managed to eliminate most of the Southern terminology that I grew up using. The big one that I still use all the time is y'all. Not sure I'll outgrow that one. I used "fixin' to" quite a bit back in my younger days but don't think that one slips out anymore.

Way better than yinz.

My wife’s relatives from Tennessee say “You’uns”. Now I’ve lived in the South my entire life and I’ve heard some hillbilly **** over the years but even I did a double take the first time I heard it.

 

[CletiusMaximus]

I think over the years of working in corporate environments I've managed to eliminate most of the Southern terminology that I grew up using. The big one that I still use all the time is y'all. Not sure I'll outgrow that one. I used "fixin' to" quite a bit back in my younger days but don't think that one slips out anymore.

Y'all is perfect.

It's easy and totally politically correct and inclusive. Can't go wrong there.

I lived in Texas for just over a year many many years ago and have used "y'all" ever since. Its just very convenient in so many settings that its hard to drop. I still even use "y'all's" sometimes although that seems much more slangy. One difference is that I would not normally use it in a formal setting here up north, such as in court, whereas in Texas it is perfectly normal to use in those formal settings. Of course, you can also wear a cowboy hat and boots with a suit in Court in Texas and no one bats an eye.

 

[BlackCrowes]

In TX for 24 years and still haven’t adopted y’all

 

[bigbottom]

I think over the years of working in corporate environments I've managed to eliminate most of the Southern terminology that I grew up using. The big one that I still use all the time is y'all. Not sure I'll outgrow that one. I used "fixin' to" quite a bit back in my younger days but don't think that one slips out anymore.

Y'all is perfect.

It's easy and totally politically correct and inclusive. Can't go wrong there.

I lived in Texas for just over a year many many years ago and have used "y'all" ever since. Its just very convenient in so many settings that its hard to drop. I still even use "y'all's" sometimes although that seems much more slangy. One difference is that I would not normally use it in a formal setting here up north, such as in court, whereas in Texas it is perfectly normal to use in those formal settings. Of course, you can also wear a cowboy hat and boots with a suit in Court in Texas and no one bats an eye.

I remember the first time I said the phrase voir dire at a Texas symposium after moving from California to Texas. I said “vwah deer” and the guest judge said “son, we’re in Texas. It’s “vore die-er”

Edit: Actually it was a symposium (over 20 years ago)

 

[WDIK2]

The big one that I still use all the time is y'all.

My daughter has lived in the mid-south for the last 6 years and this is the only one she has adopted so far. She claims it is more efficient.

 

[Rustoleum]

The big one that I still use all the time is y'all.

My daughter has lived in the mid-south for the last 6 years and this is the only one she has adopted so far. She claims it is more efficient.

All y’all need to follow her lead.

 

[AAABatteries]

The big one that I still use all the time is y'all.

My daughter has lived in the mid-south for the last 6 years and this is the only one she has adopted so far. She claims it is more efficient.

I agree with her and Joe - works well. Just sounds odd to non-native speakers.

 

[3C's]

I think over the years of working in corporate environments I've managed to eliminate most of the Southern terminology that I grew up using. The big one that I still use all the time is y'all. Not sure I'll outgrow that one. I used "fixin' to" quite a bit back in my younger days but don't think that one slips out anymore.

Way better than yinz.

My wife’s relatives from Tennessee say “You’uns”. Now I’ve lived in the South my entire life and I’ve heard some hillbilly **** over the years but even I did a double take the first time I heard it.

Pretty sure I heard that way back when. Most of the family is from the VA/TN border.

 

[Galileo]

Any of y'all use the phrase/question "come with?" As in: "I'm fixin' to go to the Walmart. Y'all want to come with?" I remember this being popular with a few people I knew from Arkansas when I was in college. I don't recall hearing much elsewhere.

 

[Desert_Power]

I think over the years of working in corporate environments I've managed to eliminate most of the Southern terminology that I grew up using. The big one that I still use all the time is y'all. Not sure I'll outgrow that one. I used "fixin' to" quite a bit back in my younger days but don't think that one slips out anymore.

Y'all is perfect.

It's easy and totally politically correct and inclusive. Can't go wrong there.

Life is too short to say "you all". No problem with the northern versions of it too. I can't really pull off the "youse".

 

[massraider]

Any of y'all use the phrase/question "come with?" As in: "I'm fixin' to go to the Walmart. Y'all want to come with?" I remember this being popular with a few people I knew from Arkansas when I was in college. I don't recall hearing much elsewhere.

As I've heard that, in the north, it's only for something good, not mundane. Not WalMart.

We're going to this party in the hills, you want to come with?

 

[Mister CIA]

Where y'all at on greetings? It's predominantly Hey... where I'm at.

 

[dgreen]

Any of y'all use the phrase/question "come with?" As in: "I'm fixin' to go to the Walmart. Y'all want to come with?" I remember this being popular with a few people I knew from Arkansas when I was in college. I don't recall hearing much elsewhere.

Yep, I heard "come with" quite a bit in Arkansas. And I'm pretty sure it's more like "fittin' to" than "fixin' to".

 

[Mister CIA]

Any of y'all use the phrase/question "come with?" As in: "I'm fixin' to go to the Walmart. Y'all want to come with?" I remember this being popular with a few people I knew from Arkansas when I was in college. I don't recall hearing much elsewhere.

As I've heard that, in the north, it's only for something good, not mundane. Not WalMart.

We're going to this party in the hills, you want to come with?

Is that code for an Iron Maiden show?

 

[Phil Elliott]

Any of y'all use the phrase/question "come with?" As in: "I'm fixin' to go to the Walmart. Y'all want to come with?" I remember this being popular with a few people I knew from Arkansas when I was in college. I don't recall hearing much elsewhere.

Definitely Minnesota..."You can bring your coat with."

 

[3C's]

Jeet yet?

 

[Galileo]

Any of y'all use the phrase/question "come with?" As in: "I'm fixin' to go to the Walmart. Y'all want to come with?" I remember this being popular with a few people I knew from Arkansas when I was in college. I don't recall hearing much elsewhere.

As I've heard that, in the north, it's only for something good, not mundane. Not WalMart.

We're going to this party in the hills, you want to come with?

So not a southern thing...OK. Walmart is more appropriate for my Arkansas example.

 

[TheBaylorKid]

Where y'all at on greetings? It's predominantly Hey... where I'm at.

Is hey New Yorker? I feel like me 3 New York employees say hey.

I’m from Texas and greet with howdy a lot. But there is a howdy that is used on zoom but there is a shorter howdy more like “hady” with a slight head nod Texas will use in person with each other.

 

[3C's]

Where y'all at on greetings? It's predominantly Hey... where I'm at.

I grew up in a heavy military area. I go with Oi!



(For real though)

 

[Leroy Hoard]

Life is too short to say "you all". No problem with the northern versions of it too. I can't really pull off the "youse"

Every time I see "youse" I hear it in the voice of Archie Bunker.

 

[Snoopy]

I'll have a Coke. What kind? Pepsi.

 

[rockaction]

I'll have a Coke. What kind? Pepsi.

Don't tempt them with that option. It's Coke. Always Coke. The name brand, always. Not fixin' to have to have that other brand of sugar, if y'all know what I mean.

 

[Joe Bryant]

Where y'all at on greetings? It's predominantly Hey... where I'm at.

Hey Y'all for me.

But it does depend on the situation.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

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[Joe Bryant]

I can't really pull off the "youse".

Don't worry. Neither can anyone else.

 

[beer 30]

I'll have a Coke. What kind? Pepsi.

It's pop

Now tell me what part of the US I'm from.

 

[massraider]

Always disliked "do what?"

 

[AAABatteries]

I'll have a Coke. What kind? Pepsi.

It's pop

Now tell me what part of the US I'm from.

The wrong part.

 

[jb1020]

Yall are funny.

 

[rockaction]

It's pop

Now tell me what part of the US I'm from.

We're not in Kansas anymore, beer 30.

 

[rockaction]

Where y'all at on greetings? It's predominantly Hey... where I'm at.

If you have a Connecticut or Brahmin accent you can say, "Hello, all of you . . ." and nobody will bat a lash.

 

[playin4beer]

Jeet yet?

Nah..

Jew?

 

[New Binky the Doormat]

I'll have a Coke. What kind? Pepsi.

It's pop

Now tell me what part of the US I'm from.

midwest

y'all - singular

all y'all - plural

 

[beer 30]

I'll have a Coke. What kind? Pepsi.

It's pop

Now tell me what part of the US I'm from.

midwest

y'all - singular

all y'all - plural

Winner, Ohio.

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