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well...the same thing applies in USA ....dont they have different dialects state to state?....England has counties ...I personally am from Yorkshire and sound vastly different from someone from cumbria....

There are very minor differences in the US, but mainly just accents. Some people will use y'all and ain't while others will ridicule its use.

All you need is a modest house in a modest neighborhood

In a modest town where honest people dwell

--July 22---------Sent I-129F packet

--July 27---------Petition received

--August 28------NOA1 issued

--August 31------Arrived in Terrace after lots of flight delays to spend Lindsay's birthday with her

--October 10-----Completed address change online

--January 25-----NOA2 received via USCIS Case Status Online

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y'all and aint are not exclusive to accents.....i am english and i can say y'all ....i would be told by my countrymen i am not speaking english....( and they would laugh hysterically!) I have never heard anyone use that WORD in serious conversation other than american ...i have been known to say it my native accent but it was only as a jest .....

eh?

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y'all and aint are not exclusive to accents.....i am english and i can say y'all ....i would be told by my countrymen i am not speaking english....( and they would laugh hysterically!) I have never heard anyone use that WORD in serious conversation other than american ...i have been known to say it my native accent but it was only as a jest .....

eh?

Sorry, I didn't mean for it to be taken as saying that y'all and ain't are accents. Those were just two examples of words that are only used in certain parts of the country.

I don't get why people scoff at y'all. Is it any worse than won't? I think not. Couldn't? nope. Can't? I don't see how. It's a very simple contraction.

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All you need is a modest house in a modest neighborhood

In a modest town where honest people dwell

--July 22---------Sent I-129F packet

--July 27---------Petition received

--August 28------NOA1 issued

--August 31------Arrived in Terrace after lots of flight delays to spend Lindsay's birthday with her

--October 10-----Completed address change online

--January 25-----NOA2 received via USCIS Case Status Online

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personally i have informed my husband (USC) if i ever EVER EVER use y'all to send me home at once! that or put me out of my misery!.....lol.....i understand what your saying ( 2 words slammed together to make one...) but it is just something about that particular pairing ...i suspect whenever i have heard in use it has sounded so........well bad...but that is just my personal opinion and if it was ever used i would never make issue with the user.

One of my pet words to cringe at is the american use of "awesome" - now THAT i hear all the time.....and most times it is inappropriate .....my former work colleagues were always amused by my perceived preoccupation with what is and is not "appropriate"....a source of amusement all round ( me included - they use to tease me telling me i had missed my vocation and should have been a english teacher!)...but i still miss them!

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personally i have informed my husband (USC) if i ever EVER EVER use y'all to send me home at once! that or put me out of my misery!.....lol.....i understand what your saying ( 2 words slammed together to make one...) but it is just something about that particular pairing ...i suspect whenever i have heard in use it has sounded so........well bad...but that is just my personal opinion and if it was ever used i would never make issue with the user.

One of my pet words to cringe at is the american use of "awesome" - now THAT i hear all the time.....and most times it is inappropriate .....my former work colleagues were always amused by my perceived preoccupation with what is and is not "appropriate"....a source of amusement all round ( me included - they use to tease me telling me i had missed my vocation and should have been a english teacher!)...but i still miss them!

The english language doesn't have an ustedes, though. That's my issue. Y'all sounds much better than any other form I've heard; yous, you guys, yous guys, youtz, you, etc.

All you need is a modest house in a modest neighborhood

In a modest town where honest people dwell

--July 22---------Sent I-129F packet

--July 27---------Petition received

--August 28------NOA1 issued

--August 31------Arrived in Terrace after lots of flight delays to spend Lindsay's birthday with her

--October 10-----Completed address change online

--January 25-----NOA2 received via USCIS Case Status Online

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Can anyone explain the difference between trash and garbage? I still don't get it!

And by the way, here in Kentucky they all seem to say y'all! It must be noted that y'all is the singular version. For plural the correct form is all y'all!

Annie UK

2004 Awaiting my divorce

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15th Dec DIVORCED AT LAST!!!!

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personally i have informed my husband (USC) if i ever EVER EVER use y'all to send me home at once! that or put me out of my misery!.....lol.....i understand what your saying ( 2 words slammed together to make one...) but it is just something about that particular pairing ...i suspect whenever i have heard in use it has sounded so........well bad...but that is just my personal opinion and if it was ever used i would never make issue with the user.

One of my pet words to cringe at is the american use of "awesome" - now THAT i hear all the time.....and most times it is inappropriate .....my former work colleagues were always amused by my perceived preoccupation with what is and is not "appropriate"....a source of amusement all round ( me included - they use to tease me telling me i had missed my vocation and should have been a english teacher!)...but i still miss them!

The english language doesn't have an ustedes, though. That's my issue. Y'all sounds much better than any other form I've heard; yous, you guys, yous guys, youtz, you, etc.

That's where the northern 'you guys' would be appropriate.

Never 'youz guyz' tho :lol:

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My guy really takes the piss because I pronounce my t's.

eg I say better and he says 'bedder'

He says I talk posh, my guess is I'm going to have a problem over there because I talk proper. LOL

 

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My guy really takes the piss because I pronounce my t's.

eg I say better and he says 'bedder'

He says I talk posh, my guess is I'm going to have a problem over there because I talk proper. LOL

girl, you'd bedder slow your mustang down! ;)

Yes, keep my flat feet on the ground :lol:

 

K1

02/09/2007 I-129F Petition received at Nebraska SC

09/11/2007 Medical scheduled at 10.30am

01/14/2008 Interview at 9.30am Approved

03/13/2008 POE

04/22/2008 Wedding

AOS

05/23/2008 Filed for AOS, EAD and AP.           

09/08/2008 EAD card received.                         

09/15/2008 AP received.                                    

11/25/2008 Card production ordered

Removal of Conditions

10/22/2010 Filed for Removal of Conditions

12/18/2010 Green Card received

 

Naturalization

11/21/2016 Mailed N400 Naturalization application

11/29/2016 Application received

12/02/2016 NOA1

12/30/2016 Biometrics

01/04/2017 In line for interview

02/09/2017 Received interview letter

03/16/2017 Interview in St Paul, Mn - PASSED!!

03/16/2017 Same day Oath Ceremony

 

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however

"yall understand?"

Do you all understand?

But that's the thing, you are adding grammatical errors on top of it. You are blaming "y'all" for the lack of a verb in the sentence. Those are two totally separate issues.

All you need is a modest house in a modest neighborhood

In a modest town where honest people dwell

--July 22---------Sent I-129F packet

--July 27---------Petition received

--August 28------NOA1 issued

--August 31------Arrived in Terrace after lots of flight delays to spend Lindsay's birthday with her

--October 10-----Completed address change online

--January 25-----NOA2 received via USCIS Case Status Online

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AnewKINDofFEELIN   0

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My guy really takes the piss because I pronounce my t's.

Your guy should not go around taking pisses. That's crude.

All you need is a modest house in a modest neighborhood

In a modest town where honest people dwell

--July 22---------Sent I-129F packet

--July 27---------Petition received

--August 28------NOA1 issued

--August 31------Arrived in Terrace after lots of flight delays to spend Lindsay's birthday with her

--October 10-----Completed address change online

--January 25-----NOA2 received via USCIS Case Status Online

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Fandango   1,440

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My guy really takes the piss because I pronounce my t's.

eg I say better and he says 'bedder'

He says I talk posh, my guess is I'm going to have a problem over there because I talk proper. LOL

girl, you'd bedder slow your mustang down! ;)

Yes, keep my flat feet on the ground :lol:

FFFFS, all you wanna do, is ride around, Sally!

;)

 

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