Y'ALL

It finally happened.  I wanted "y'all" to know I have now completed phase one of "becoming a southerner."  It was bound to happen, just a matter of time.  I really did say it.  I was living in South Carolina for 436 days before I said "y'all" in a sentence.

This past Saturday, March 9th, I was driving a few people in Charleston, when the magic words came out.  I said, "are you just visiting or are y'all living here? I covered my mouth with one hand,(since I was driving) and then told the group what I had said.

It's true that I didn't have an accent when I said it, but it came out naturally.  Now I know that it could happen at any time on any day.  I hear it so often it's almost surprising that it took this long to say those words.  What happens if I say it in April when I''m visiting New Jersey?

Now that "y'all" is behind me, could grits and playing golf be far behind? Yes, they are still far, far, behind.