Survey Summary

by: Davis Byrd

 

In my survey I asked for some words that are used in the south. The most common words I got were “yall” and “folks”. These words most likely are in the south because they might have come from old plantations or other languages that were in the south and evolved into the southern dialect. The reason they are only in the south might be because a lot of people living here just stay here. Also it could be because if it did travel up the people don’t understand it and it just stays down in the south.