When I Say Y'All, What I Really Mean Is You All
When I say “y’all”, what I mean is “you all”
I don’t know why that is so hard to learn
When I hear someone snicker at the word
I bite my tongue while I do a slow burn
Some say it’s not a word, just Southern slang
It’s in the dictionary? take a peak
There’s no need to make an issue of it
Don’t we all use contractions when we speak?
It’s never used in a singular sense
Unless you just don’t know the word at all
Y’all is considered a plural pronoun
Some use it possessively, then its y’alls
Called it bad English, outside my home state
Yet where I grew up, it’s just common speech
English teachers and College professors
Would use the word y’all, even when they teach
As time marches on, use of y’all will spread
No second person plural without it
I don’t think “youse guys" will come into vogue
The contraction, y’all, will become a hit
Copyright © Charles Sides | Year Posted 2012
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