My favorite new Southernism? Y’all’ses

bowlingalleylawyer:

inothernews:

dailyhuff:

insomniacmeg:

As in, “Is this y’all’ses?” when there are two or more people.

Um, where’d you hear that one? I’ve heard - and used - “all y’all,” “y’all’d” (you all would or you all had) and even the East TN, West NC variant, “you’uns,” but that one is new to me.

Wanna use.  Gonna use.

totally guilty of saying this regularly. shows possession.

Seconded, from a bit farther south in GA. But I can’t bring myself to actually type it out.

Source: i-meg

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  1. blissandzen reblogged this from enjoli and added:
    “Y’all” is plural, but specific. (“Y’all should come over” meaning y’all I’m actually talking to.) “All y’all” is plural...
  2. unteal reblogged this from haguenite and added:
    oh god. i saw this post and thought, “i think it would be spelled y’alls’s, because it’s plural possessive for y’all.”...
  3. haguenite reblogged this from i-meg and added:
    Language is so awesome. And pretty! Pretty language! I wanna hear y’all’ses. The funnest thing I hear here is “I’m finne...
  4. redjeep reblogged this from meckz and added:
    Y’all got that right (rollin hills of nawth Jawja here). -redjeep (resident bluesman)
  5. meckz reblogged this from iambal and added:
    Seconded, from a bit farther south in GA. But I can’t bring myself to actually type it out.
  6. gilmoure reblogged this from dailyhuff and added:
    Wait, you is plural, y’all is you all/plural-plural and now y’all’ses? Plural-plural-plural? I mean, unless you’re...
  7. i-meg reblogged this from dailyhuff and added:
    It was at a Waffle House (of course), and we were leaving. I left a pack of cigarettes on the table and the waitress...
  8. dailyhuff reblogged this from inothernews and added:
    Okay, I have heard this, now that I think about it: “Y’all’ses all crazy,” is a usage that comes to mind.
  9. iambal reblogged this from inothernews and added:
    totally guilty of saying this regularly. shows possession.
  10. inothernews reblogged this from dailyhuff and added:
    Wanna use. Gonna use.
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