“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.

“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.

"Y'all" might serve an important function, but it has acquired negative connotations. Back in 1886, The New York Times ran a piece titled "Odd Southernisms" that described "y'all" as "one of the ...

Y’all all them dads tell them boys son walk it off / Y’all them mamas tell the girls better keep your legs crossed / All them hands in the stands praying for the coin toss / Lord please, we ...

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