Y'all Don't Understand

Ok, of all the discomforting customs and phrases that you Texans do and say, I still can't get used to "y'all".  Believe it or not, I have no problem with the phrase, "y'all", because I understand that it's more convenient than saying my usual, "you guys", however, I still feel weird saying it.

I've been pretty good about avoiding the phrase, but it is tempting, and it finally slipped when I was telling my friend a story a few months back.  Honestly, I was disappointed in myself for straying from my Chicagoan ways; I panicked, thinking, how can I maintain my proud midwestern roots if I say the most common southern word? 

But here's the thing....I actually secretly like the phrase, "y'all".  It's easy to say and kinda fun too.  And...I bet my friends back home would think I'm really hip and different for saying it (or they would just think I'm really weird).  But, no matter how much I am kind of okay with "y'all", I still just don't think I'm going to say it.  I'm just too stubborn and stuck in my ways.

Oh, I almost forgot...there is one thing about "y'all" that bothers me, and probably every other midwesterner.  It's when people say, "y'all's" (see, it doen't even look right when it's written).  This possessive form of "y'all" is often used by the Texans at Trinity in situations like, "Did y'all do y'all's homework?"  This use of the word is just a bad habbit and unfortunately grammatically incorrect, so as advice to the Texans, just say "your".

Just thought y'all might enjoy this photo I took of the Trinity Fountain.

Trinity Fountain by McKenzie Forbes is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.