speech patterns « Letters from Grenada

speech patterns

(The following is a random thought I had this morning. It’s all true but it’s so “Maria being Maria” I couldn’t keep a straight face while writing it.)

I’m not from the South, I’m a New Yorker. But I do indeed say “y’all” which is something I picked up whilst living in Paris and if you think that doesn’t make sense just remember that I speak a few romance languages, all of which are graced with the second person plural, AS IT SHOULD BE.

Also in Caribbean English there is the colorful “allyuh”, which I also enjoy and use liberally when I’m talking to West Indians.

Also I find that this particular affectation adds to my air of inscrutability.