“Y’all” is the most identifiable feature of the dialect known as Southern American English. It simply and elegantly fills out the pronoun paradigm gap that occurs in dialects that have only “you” for ...

Sorry, yinz. Fuhgeddaboudit, you guys: In the past 20 years or so, "y'all" has gone from being a Southernism to become America's favorite way to use the second person ...

Stoked, ope and nor'easter battled it out in the quarterfinals—can you use them all in a sentence? ATLANTA, March 13, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Sweet Tea Territory -- Y'all, we have a champion! After five ...

What's the first thing that comes to mind when y'all read the phrase "Southern culture?" Sweet tea? Front porch chats lit by lightening bugs? Country music? Well, did the word "y'all" stand out as odd ...

This is a humor column ....unless you don’t laugh. Then it’s just a column. I’ve written many columns about the word “y’all” and its origins. As a y’all-aholic, I say and write it frequently, even ...

A New York Times columnist says it’s “much too slangy, regional or what you might even call ethnic to ever gain universal acceptance.” We couldn’t disagree more. The Times column waves “y’all” away as ...

The word fills an important gap in our language, but it was once stigmatized. The story of "y'all" also includes powerful cultural forces, from... Y'all, we need to ...