rosborne979 wrote: when I hear "Y'all" I'm thinking Alabama, not Massachusetts
Amusingly, the word y'all (which I spell as yall) is spreading into the vocabulary of folks throughout the U.S. It is a nice word, non-judgemental as to race, class, gender, sexual orientation or whatever other divisions there might be in our society. It is a friendly word; a gentle word; an Andy Griffith word. A word from a simpler, kinder, world.
Yall, or some variation, will make it into the dictionary someday. -rjb-