Patrick Ewing claimed that Michael Jordan continues to trash talk him, despite them being friends and their playing days long ...

Is it the Southern twang or frequency of the word "y'all" that truly makes a Nashville accent? As it turns out, it may be ...

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

Y’all is a friendly, non-threatening, inclusive kind of term that people for all sorts of reasons can identify with. Because of that, I think it’s not going to go away.

“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.

Luke Bryan performed at the Xfinity Center in Mansfield, Mass. on Friday, Aug. 8, the same day the New England Patriots ...

"Y'all means all" has emerged as a slogan of support for immigrants and marginalized groups. In this 2018 photo, Ricardo Gámez of El Paso holds a sign bearing the words at the Tornillo Port of ...

“All y’all,” however, is limited for special circumstances. One could approach a group and say: “John and George, I need y’all” without ambiguity.

“Y’all” had come north in the Great Migration, alongside collards and cornbread. Now it has spread not just to states above the Mason-Dixon line but as far as Australia and near as my ...

Might "y'all" be used to address just one person? If it has been used as such, at least some of these instances can be linked to misunderstandings around Southern politeness, according to Davies.