Why We Need Y'all

Where did y’all come from? Okay, we’re not specifically talking to you. But, what does that signature Southern word really mean? We can trace the use of the word “y’all” all the way back to our colonial ancestors. Cameron Hunt McNabb, an English professor at Southeastern University, gives us a history and dialect lesson. 

Y'all is sweet.  Y'all is Southern.  But do we need the word? Vann Newkirk II, a staff writer at The Atlantic, makes the case for why 'America Needs Y'all.' 

"Southern accents and Southern words are generally perceived by Yankee ears as making their speakers less intelligent, and that ain’t right," The Atlantic staff writer Vann Newkirk II.