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Forum: General Stuff Topic: Self delusion started by: GORDON Posted by GORDON on Jun. 02 2015,14:06
So we're all in the car and my Polish mother in law, who has never lived south of Toledo, Ohio, is telling my kid how she has a southern accent. My kid is saying, "No you don't, not at all." and I am wondering if it is valid for someone to self-identify as having a southern accent, and if I am then socially required to agree with their self-image in spite of all evidence.So my mother in law goes ahead and proves she has a southern accent.... with the slight lilt in her voice she says, "You all. See?" See actually enunciated YOU and then ALL. If she had a single ounce of a sense of humor I'd have thought she was kidding. Posted by TPRJones on Jun. 02 2015,14:45
It was a car full 'o Yankees, from hood to hitch, anyway. I wouldn't expect any better than that. *sigh*
Posted by GORDON on Jun. 02 2015,15:05
Well, personally, I self-identify as southern. I just don't pretend I have a perfect southern accent..... but I do know the correct usage of both y'all, and all y'all.
Posted by TPRJones on Jun. 02 2015,15:11
Sure, but that's easy. What about you'uns and y'all'uns?
Posted by Troy on Jun. 02 2015,15:37
bless her heart
Posted by Malcolm on Jun. 02 2015,15:44
Southern is one of a few accents I can fake at will. I get less convincing the more you pin down a region.
Posted by GORDON on Jun. 02 2015,17:17
(TPRJones @ Jun. 02 2015,18:11) QUOTE Sure, but that's easy. What about you'uns and y'all'uns? My best friend coming up was from parents who were born and raised in Appalachia.... yes, I know y'uns. Posted by TPRJones on Jun. 02 2015,17:33
The Pennsylvania/Appalachia y'uns is a yankee thing, not a southern thing.You'uns is y'all applied to a group of children. Y'all'uns is the all y'all equivalent. Posted by GORDON on Jun. 02 2015,17:35
The usage is the same, then. Y'uns seems more genuinely lazy though, so it seems more legitimate.
Posted by TPRJones on Jun. 02 2015,17:42
Huh. That's the first I've heard that y'uns is specifically reserved for addressing groups of children. I stand corrected.
Posted by GORDON on Jun. 02 2015,17:48
(TPRJones @ Jun. 02 2015,20:42) QUOTE Huh. That's the first I've heard that y'uns is specifically reserved for addressing groups of children. I stand corrected. Well, I guess I should clarify.... his Mom always said it to us when we were children, so... that's the usage I know. I don't know if was ONLY to be used with children. I could probably ask her, she lives about 2 houses down from me. |