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Our dialects are getting homogenized. With media being fully nationalized, we're all watching the same shows and movies and listening to the same music and radio programs. Dialects aren't as centralized anymore. For the most part, that means dialects are softening. In this case, though, I think a regional term is getting spread around. That's not surprising. Let's take music, for example. How many top selling albums are "y'all"-friendly? Country and rap, for example.
It happens. Language is fluid. Accents are everywhere. No sense being a snob about it.
I noticed in New Mexico there is alot of lazy talk, like most people will say jus instead of just, or k instead of Ok or are's instead of ours, there are too many too list,or probably they say prahly, Ive heard libary instead of library,they leave out a letter or two.
I'll be the first to admit, I never say "You all", but I never write/type "Ya'll".
I feel like when I'm typing something, even within informal email exchanges, ya'll just looks too wierd in the text. *Nevermind I just typed it twice*
Many times down here, you'll see it typed in an email as "yall" (no contraction) or "y'all".
And I'm guessing that "y'all" would be more correct than "ya'll" in terms of grammar.
Damn, I typed it a bunch of times!!!
But saying "You all" (or even worse "You guys") just sounds wierd to me.
I noticed in New Mexico there is alot of lazy talk, like most people will say jus instead of just, or k instead of Ok or are's instead of ours, there are too many too list,or probably they say prahly, Ive heard libary instead of library,they leave out a letter or two.
From my experience, this is everywhere. We are a language of slang.
I noticed that P.Diddy which is from New York says yall alot,and alot of people might be picking that talk up from Hannah Montana, maybe.
Nearly all northern Blacks have Southern roots. As late as 1900, 90% of all US Blacks lived in the South. There is a prominent Black columnist who considers urban Black culture, to be a Black variation of southern redneck culture, which the Black migrants brought north during the "Great Migration".
Many rappers do. Urban black culture has strong ties to the South.
I know Chingy has his St. Louis accent "Hurr, thurr", but I rarely hear that out of St. Louis people. St. Louis people sometimes say things like "Highway Farty" and "warsh", but I rarely hear "hurr" and "thurr", even in Southeast Missouri, which has a somewhat southern accent. I think it gets worse as you get into the bootheel, though.
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