The devil is beating his wife... really?

[haildearoldstate]

I've heard that all my life and actually said it a few days ago.

nt

 

[horshack.sixpack]

Which one(s) of you replied that answer to this survey? It's on slide 19 of this link.

http://www.businessinsider.com/22-maps-that-show-the-deepest-linguistic-conflicts-in-america-2013-6

Devil beating his wife, nabs,ruffin a babe... all perfectly normal...

 

[BogeyGolfer.sixpack]

I have heard it used all my life as well...

from my mother and yes when it happens you can't breath from the humidity. She was from North Mississippi.

 

[WilCoDawg]

Daggum, guys!

I swear some of y'all are sheltered. I bet y'all ain't ever seen a dirt road either.

 

[GratefulDawg.sixpack]

I like the "y'all" one... Not because we use it a lot, but because that word was not started as a lazy conjunction of "you and all" like most people think...

It was born from the old Scottish phrase "ye aw," basically the same meaning.

You're welcome for the history lesson... Tip your waitress.

I live in New York. I can't believe they don't have "yous" as an answer to that question.