tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post1374148105997887912..comments2024-03-27T06:25:29.002-05:00Comments on Anecdotal Evidence: `Listen at This!'Patrick Kurphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08436175583386298032noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post-79179818708478290502017-10-14T01:18:50.574-05:002017-10-14T01:18:50.574-05:00I say it when I'm where other people do—it com...I say it when I'm where other people do—it comes naturally and automatically. In New York? Hardly ever.terryteachouthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03239536814790595607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post-68909313085356478332017-10-13T09:05:57.641-05:002017-10-13T09:05:57.641-05:00As an 11 year old DC native arriving in Louisville...As an 11 year old DC native arriving in Louisville in 1970, I was blistered by my new acquaintances for saying “you guys” (among hundreds of other offenses they would continue to punish me for). Over the years “y’all” found its way into my working conversational (not written) vocabulary, to the point where now I use the two terms interchangeably and unconsciously. Of course Louisville is not really the South, and I’ve always maintained that the people there don’t have an accent; they just speak incorrectly. I plead guilty.Edward Bauerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14234329254784727525noreply@blogger.com