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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsBest joke I've heard in a long time.
A Southerner walks into a bar in New England. He asks the bartender, Did yall go to Harvard?
The bartender says, Yale.
Okay, says the Southerner. DID YALL GO TO HARVARD?
Arkansas Granny
(31,483 posts)Aristus
(66,095 posts)Southerners don't say 'y'all' to just one person. They say 'you'. Although, depending where in the South you are from, it might come out 'Yeeeee-ewwwww'.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,280 posts)and "all y'all" is plural.
Aristus
(66,095 posts)are played by non-Southerners with really bad fake accents (Quaid brothers excepted).
"All y'all" is for a larger group of people than "y'all" can comfortably encompass.
mac56
(17,561 posts)Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)meaning that other people may be included.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,280 posts)In Minnesota we never say "y'all." Here, the plural of "you" is "you guys."
Aristus
(66,095 posts)We say 'you guys' a lot.
I remember when I discovered that the NY-NJ 'youse' was the equivalent of 'y'all' - it's a plural, and never used as a singular. In fact, until I fell in love with a Jersey girl, I didn't know that people even said it in real life.