“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 ...

A male caller on “The Breakfast Club” on Wednesday accused the popular radio show’s hosts of lacking “common sense” when ...

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Released in 1977, "Y'all Come Back Saloon" was the Oak Ridge Boys' first ... Florida — where she was discovered by Mel Tillis. Vaughn told the story behind the song to Bart Herbison of Nashville ...

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 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 ...