Derek Reed

Derek Reed lives in New York City, where he studies Media, Culture, and the Arts at The King's College. Derek enjoys loudly played music, a good night's sleep, and southern literature. After graduating next year, he hopes either to begin studying English at the graduate level, or to find work as a journalist. If nothing else, there's always clown school.

Y’all Just Don’t Understand

Humanity
March 18, 2011

Gaudy and impudent, y’all is Southern culture’s linguistic centerpiece—and, depending on whether or not you grew up below the Mason-Dixon, it’s either an efficient construction or an affront to the English language.

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