I'll acknowledge the elephant in the room...Full keel is dead... ssb is dead...

[Auspicious]

Originally Posted by MicHughV

as in " all y'all come back and see us agin' ....."

"all y'all" can mean a single person or several...

Absolutely not. In proper Southern English. "all y'all" is uneducated and "y'all" is second person plural.

[gamayun]

Real Southerners know yall and aint are not contractions no matter what the Oxford Dictionary says. Just like "you are" is spelled your

[MicHughV]

I'm gonna put you in Tennessee or West Virginia and even Georgia....and you tell dem kuntry boys dat " all y'all" is unedjukated...go ahead.....

[ArmyDaveNY]

Originally Posted by gamayun

Real Southerners know yall and aint are not contractions no matter what the Oxford Dictionary says. Just like "you are" is spelled your

Actually, your last sentence should have ended with "you're." I am guessing that this was a function of auto fill or speaking into your phone and having it translate the speech to the written word.

[Auspicious]

Originally Posted by MicHughV

I'm gonna put you in Tennessee or West Virginia and even Georgia....and you tell dem kuntry boys dat " all y'all" is unedjukated...go ahead.....

I shoot straight and I'm fast.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YyBtMxZgQs

[MicHughV]

southern expressions can be a hoot....

I'd list some here, but it would require reams of space.....

for the life of me, I can't understand southerners use of the word "your" for "you are"....I always thought it was " you're"...but I've been reliably told that in the south it is " your"...I can't understand if they can't spell or can't speak or maybe both.....

[gamayun]

Originally Posted by ArmyDaveNY

Actually, your last sentence should have ended with "you're." I am guessing that this was a function of auto fill or speaking into your phone and having it translate the speech to the written word.

Nope. I was being ironical.

[RaymondR]

Originally Posted by mjscottinnc

Seriously? Just making a point on old vs adaptive new.

Magnetic levitation is a phenomenon which has always fascinated me and I have exploited it in a couple of small inventions and one in particular for a digital output tank volume transducer. However in developing it I discovered that the magnets had to be arranged in a very particular way in order to provide both vertical non contact connection and two axis horizontal location restraint. I can perceive the value of a levitated platter as a novelty attraction for marketing purposes but the old direct drive platters, as highly developed as they were, required a non tilting and stable support which is hard to achieve on a sailing yacht.

To make a point, some adaptive new would be a retrograde step on a sailboat particularly if it was done for adoption of novelty reasons. In contrast, the adoption of solid state recording media with it's lack of delicate moving components in the marine environment is a progressive step.

Peace bro, ditch the "really".

[Auspicious]

[Cadence]

What about ya'll or yous guys? SP?

[Auspicious]

Originally Posted by Cadence

What about ya'll or yous guys? SP?

you all = y'all

[Cadence]

Originally Posted by Auspicious

you all = y'all

I'm a Carpet Bagger of 53yrs. slow learner. I wouldn't use either in speech.

[Auspicious]

Originally Posted by Cadence

I'm a Carpet Bagger of 53yrs. slow learner. I wouldn't use either in speech.

I'm a chameleon. I use RP English in London, Southern English in Atlanta, etc. I refuse to accept whatever horror it is that people in Boston speak.

[RaymondR]

Yep, and the amount of load required to keep the needle in the groove meant you got about six plays out of the 45 before you threw it away and bought another.

[dfelsent]

Originally Posted by Auspicious

I'm a chameleon. I use RP English in London, Southern English in Atlanta, etc. I refuse to accept whatever horror it is that people in Boston speak.

That’s wicked mean.
And now in Southern English:
Bless your heart.

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