A sign encourages people to vote in Charlotte, N.C., ahead of the 2022 U.S. midterm elections. Sean Rayford/Getty Images Southern Living magazine once described “y’all” as “the quintessential Southern ...
"Y’all" has traditionally been recognized as a regionally specific term, one that's deeply ingrained into Southern culture. Once only Southerners used that term, and if you heard someone in Chicago or ...