Some say that the south has a language of its own. I, however, say that we speak English with the hard edges removed. Our southern drawl softens it up a bit. I admit that it sounds quite comical to some, but I don't understand what the big deal is. All regions have accents.
For example, Boston. Excuse me, I mean BAHSTON. Drive your CAH to Concorde, excuse me, CONKERD and see the CHAHLES RIVAH, BAHSTON HAHBAH, and dine on LOBSTAH. It seems to me that the only time BAHSTONIANS pronounce the letter "r" is when it isn't really there. For example how they say "TAMPAR, FLORIDAR."
I don't mean to pick on the lovely people of Boston. As I said, there are different accents in every region of the U.S.. The southern accent is more of a "lilt" and sounds almost melodic.We can transform a single syllable into three with no effort. "Hey y'all, let's go," becomes "Haaaaaay y'aaalllll, let's goooooo." We can drag out all vowel sounds, especially the long ones forever and a day!
When we address a group, we use the word "y'all." Hello, it's a contraction of "you all." It seems so logical to me, and I have trouble understanding why others find it so amusing. To me, it is infinitely better than "yous guys" from our friends in New York or "you'ns" from people in the Midwest. And people make jokes about us? Maybe they should mind their own "bidness!" :) ha ha muah all in love! :)
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