thatgirl - thank you! although I would never USE "irregardless" (holding tight to my personal opinion that it is just not as correct as "regardless"), I am so glad to have a point of reference - because I will now refrain from correcting anyone!!!!
mgdzkm433 - GIRL, I am with you!!!! I will not make fun of your "pop" if you do not make fun of my "Coke". YES, in Texas we call ALL pop or soda "Coke" -
regardless of the brand name (I didn't do that on purpose, honest
)... as in "I'm going into the 7-11 for a coke, do you want one?" "Yeah, bring me a Sprite."
Also, can I just say for the record.... (and PLEASE back me up on this if you are from the South)...
I CANNOT and WILL NOT give up my "y'all". I may have been a National Merit Scholar and an English major, but "y'all" is here to stay, IMHO. It is just more practical! Every language on the planet -
except English - has a proper word to indicate the collective "you". It is just LOGICAL. Why else would they say "youse guys" and "you all" and everything else all over the country? it makes SENSE to have a term that reflects the second-person pronoun of a group.
and that's my 57 cents...