“Y’all” might also take on the role of a formal marker through a sweetening effect. If you wrap the message in an extra layer of Southernness, it goes down easier.

“Y’all” might also take on the role of a formal marker through a sweetening effect. If you wrap the message in an extra layer of Southernness, it goes down easier.

"Y'all" might serve an important function, but it has acquired negative connotations. Back in 1886, The New York Times ran a piece titled "Odd Southernisms" that described "y'all" as "one of the ...

Where y’all came from The exact origins of the term ‘y’all’ are unclear, but linguists say it started appearing predominantly in the South-eastern United States centuries ago.

Y’all all them dads tell them boys son walk it off / Y’all them mamas tell the girls better keep your legs crossed / All them hands in the stands praying for the coin toss / Lord please, we ...

"I just look up to her a whole lot, I think she's the best," Lainey Wilson gushed to Kelly Clarkson about the Queen of ...

I just want y’all to know that I love y’all, and I tried my hardest to be the best I could be,” Sgt. Quornelius Samentrio ...