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turtles rock

PostPosted: Fri Oct 19, 2007 1:03 pm


VampiraAlicia
K8.Edid
How about "y'all?" That one just really gets on my nerves.


Haha. Trust me, I know the feeling. I live here in Alabama... *sigh*
Everyone says Y'all. I guess they don't mind being illiterate and sounding ignorant.


Saying "ya'll" neither shows "ignorance" nor does it mean you're "illiterate." To assume such is very stereotypical and unbecoming, ESPECIALLY being that you live in the South.
PostPosted: Fri Oct 19, 2007 1:10 pm


turtles rock
K8.Edid
How about "y'all?" That one just really gets on my nerves.


Oh wow, I never thought "ya'll" would come into this discussion.
I'm from Texas, so "ya'll" is a word I frequently use. I don't believe that there is anything wrong with using the word "ya'll." It's just a shorter way of saying "you all" or "you guys." So basically, it's a contraction.

If there's any word I cannot stand is when people call soda "pop."
As in, "Hey! Can you please get me a pop from the fridge?"
"Pop" just sounds really old school, and everytime I hear it, it rubs me the wrong way.

Usually the different people that call a beverage a "pop" or a "soda" come from two different countries.
In Canada, it is known as pop, yet wherever I go in the US, people correct me telling me it is soda.
I do not understand the difference, they are both the same liquid.

DolphinToy


turtles rock

PostPosted: Fri Oct 19, 2007 1:14 pm


DolphinToy
Usually the different people that call a beverage a "pop" or a "soda" come from two different countries.
In Canada, it is known as pop, yet wherever I go in the US people correct me telling me it is soda.
I do not understand the difference, they are both the same liquid.


Yes, that's understood. I wouldn't expect someone from another country to come to the U.S. and immediately fall right into our "slang" terminoloy. I was referring to people who are actually FROM the U.S. who call soda "pop." (Like older people for the most part)
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