Howdy Y’all — Is Y’all Really a Word?

It’s all about the rules we learned growing up

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Growing up in Texas, many of us became accustomed to speaking slang.

But slang is only slang if the word or phrase is used informally. For slang to be impactful, the word must violate all the style guides and grammatical and pronunciation rules accumulated over the years.