I was reading an interesting article in the New York times in my theory of knowledge class today in which the intricacies of Texan drawl were examined.  I was surprised to hear that the expression “I’m waiting on my friend Melissa (and of course I mean Sampson!!)” is only used in the south.  In Yank-ville they interpret this saying as “I am a waiter waiting on my friend Melissa (at a restaurant)”.  “Fixin’ to” is also a uniquely Texan word, at least in origin.  I was so surprised that I actually raised my hand in class to confirm that no one else used these sayings I grew up with!  However, one thing that bugged me about the article was its use of “y’all”.  Now I was raised using ya’ll, and will continue to do so.  However, the Times referred at great length to “y’all”.  It threw me off, since I thought the Texan way to spell it was indeed ya’ll.  Am I wrong in this?  I know that most of America spells it y’all, since it literally means you all, however I am going to stand by my spelling of the word.

If ya’ll don’t agree with me than you can just go to hell.

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