# One Year living in Memphis, TN. (an apology\* for "y'all") **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 19, 2014, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-year-living-in-memphis-tn-an-apology-for-yall/698984 "2014-09-19T23:33:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2014, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-year-living-in-memphis-tn-an-apology-for-yall/698984/41 "2014-09-22T13:25:32Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > I’m picking on you to ask where or how often any Dopefests in the area have been. 😉 You’re asking the wrong girl. Wish I could help but I don’t really leave the house much. I know there’s plenty around here enough for a Fest though. ---
**Author:** ![Osiris\_the\_1st](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9de0a6/32.png) [@Osiris\_the\_1st](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Osiris_the_1st)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2014, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-year-living-in-memphis-tn-an-apology-for-yall/698984/42 "2014-09-22T18:47:54Z")
> [@Becky2844](#): > > Remember: one person is “you.” > Two or more is “y’all.” > A whole bunch is “all y’all.” As in, “All y’all can kiss my ass!” Which can often be heard once the beer has been flowing, often at the end of a college footbal game. ---
**Author:** ![Osiris\_the\_1st](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9de0a6/32.png) [@Osiris\_the\_1st](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Osiris_the_1st)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2014, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-year-living-in-memphis-tn-an-apology-for-yall/698984/43 "2014-09-22T18:53:51Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > I agree, y’all is one of the best things to come back into the English language. Now y’all just need to come up with a proper way to form impersonals… 😛 (the plural you and a proper impersonal are the two features of Spanish grammar that I miss most in regular English usage, when I learned how to form impersonals in French I was so happy I kept dancing around the office) The impersonal singular pronoun in English is **one**. As in ,“One should make allowances when meeting those with different manners or custom.” ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2014, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-year-living-in-memphis-tn-an-apology-for-yall/698984/44 "2014-09-22T19:30:08Z")
> [@Osiris\_the\_1st](#): > > The impersonal singular pronoun in English is **one**. As in ,“One should make allowances when meeting those with different manners or custom.” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Living_Well_Is_Best_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2014, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-year-living-in-memphis-tn-an-apology-for-yall/698984/45 "2014-09-22T20:34:46Z")
I live in Midtown Memphis, grew up in Germantown. Not a big fan of the suburbs, but love Midtown and downtown has made some good progress. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2014, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-year-living-in-memphis-tn-an-apology-for-yall/698984/46 "2014-09-22T21:58:58Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > If you ever find yourself just a bit east of Memphis, in Eads, TN, the absolute best barbecue (pulled pork) sandwich I’ve had was from [Morris Grocery](http://www.yelp.com/biz/morris-grocery-eads), and I urge you to check it out if you like that kind of stuff. We just came back from Morris Grocery, which is less than 5 miles away. We devoured our pulled pork sammiches immediately. So smokey. So tangy. So coleslawy. Damn fine food coming out of that cinderblock hole in the wall. Thanks for the awesome tip! _hic_ (my hands still smell like a smoke pit… _sniiiiifffff_) > [@Rushgeekgirl](#): > > What? Y’all ain’t in Memphis then! 😉 Close enough! 😉 > [@Rushgeekgirl](#): > > You’re asking the wrong girl. Wish I could help but I don’t really leave the house much. I know there’s plenty around here enough for a Fest though. Fiiiinuh! Looks like yer off the hook, anyhow. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2014, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-year-living-in-memphis-tn-an-apology-for-yall/698984/47 "2014-09-22T22:12:20Z")
There was a BBQ joint in my Mother’s home town, Dyersburg, Tennessee called “The Pit” that I liked. ---
**Author:** ![festiva76](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8e8cbc/32.png) [@festiva76](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/festiva76)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2014, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-year-living-in-memphis-tn-an-apology-for-yall/698984/48 "2014-09-23T16:28:37Z")
“Y’all” is all I never knew growing up in Georgia. When I moved to East TN in high school, the locals said “You’ins” instead of “Y’all.” I never adopted to that. Y’all works just fine. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2014, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-year-living-in-memphis-tn-an-apology-for-yall/698984/49 "2014-09-23T16:40:37Z")
Thanks a lot- you just reminded me of Paula Deen, y’all :mad: ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2014, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-year-living-in-memphis-tn-an-apology-for-yall/698984/50 "2014-09-23T19:22:11Z")
> [@festiva76](#): > > the locals said “You’ins” instead of “Y’all.” I encountered that in Northern Arkansas around the Mountain Home and Cotter area. ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2014, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-year-living-in-memphis-tn-an-apology-for-yall/698984/51 "2014-09-23T21:26:19Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > I encountered that in Northern Arkansas around the Mountain Home and Cotter area. My mother’s people in east Tennessee and my ex’ folks from eastern Kentucky used you’uns too. I think it’s a hill thing. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2014, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-year-living-in-memphis-tn-an-apology-for-yall/698984/52 "2014-09-23T21:31:36Z")
I have yet to hear “yoo’uns”. ::shiver:: ---
**Author:** ![Faelyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c77e96/32.png) [@Faelyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Faelyn)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2014, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-year-living-in-memphis-tn-an-apology-for-yall/698984/53 "2014-09-24T00:42:00Z")
> [@Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](#): > > I live in Midtown Memphis, grew up in Germantown. Not a big fan of the suburbs, but love Midtown and downtown has made some good progress. I love closer to you than anywhere else. The SO and I are just a stone’s throw from the University of Memphis main campus. So we’re in that weird midtown/university mash up area. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-year-living-in-memphis-tn-an-apology-for-yall/698984.md?page=2)