Yankee Girl Survives First Year at Southern University

[kateee]

Clemsongirl, my sister is from Connecticut, and she told me there are Dunkin' Donuts on every corner, and I didn't believe her either :P Guess it must be true!

This post makes me wish I had gone to school in the south like my grandma told me too. lol

[MaryPoppins]

Originally Posted by Titchou

"and them" tends to be more Louisiana-ish - particularly New Orleans where "your mama 'n 'nem" is common.

And to support the previous poster - there is y'all and all y'all....and they mean two different things....bless your heart!

We say these things in Mississippi too, but only if we like you

[AGDee]

There are Dunkin Donuts everywhere in the northeast! We have them here in Michigan but
I couldn't believe how many we saw in Rhode Island when we were visiting Brown.

[ArtLlama]

Try being in the opposite shoes, explaining y'all, all y'all, and an' 'em to a rapt crowd of kids from the Northeast.

They called me "y'all" as a nick name for a semester.

[KDCat]

Krisy Kreme > Dunkin Donuts

[ArtLlama]

Originally Posted by KDCat

Krisy Kreme > Dunkin Donuts

Shipley trumps them both.

[MaryPoppins]

Originally Posted by ArtLlama

Try being in the opposite shoes, explaining y'all, all y'all, and an' 'em to a rapt crowd of kids from the Northeast.

They called me "y'all" as a nick name for a semester.

<3<3<3

[MaryPoppins]

Originally Posted by ArtLlama

Shipley trumps them both.

Nope. The late, great, and demised, Tastee Donuts of New Orleans. The name still exists but something has changed in the quality.

[clemsongirl]

I just looked it up to confirm-in my 15 mile drive of doing errands the other day I passed 9 Dunkin Donuts. And that's not including all the other local coffee shops on the drive too. In high school EVERYONE came in with iced coffee and a bagel every morning from a place down the street, and then they'd all go out during lunch again because their caffeine fix had worn off.

We once had a Krispy Kreme, but it went out of business because it wasn't Dunkin. Same for Bess Eaton and then Tim Hortons. New England is not kind to non-Dunkin coffee places.

[AZTheta]

sorry, but NOTHING beats LeCave's or El Rio Bakery in Tucson. NOTHING.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by OHNOITSJESS

It's not always plural. "All y'all" is also commonly heard/used.

Originally Posted by Titchou

And to support the previous poster - there is y'all and all y'all....and they mean two different things....bless your heart!

Originally Posted by amIblue?

And neither y'all nor all y'all is singular.

Exactly. Y'all is never used as a singular pronoun. "Y'all" is the plural of "you," while "all y'all" means "each and every one of you."

Originally Posted by chi-o_cat

While we’re on the subject (sort of)….what’s the deal with “and them”? My significant other is Southern, and I am not. Sometimes he’ll say something like “John and them are coming over later.” Horrible grammar aside, this makes me think he means John plus at least 2 other people, when most of the time he’s actually talking about John plus one person. Is this a Southern thing?

Originally Posted by Titchou

"and them" tends to be more Louisiana-ish - particularly New Orleans where "your mama 'n 'nem" is common.

It has long been common in Eastern NC too, where it basically means "and the rest of the family," as in "Are Sally Lynn'n'em comin' home for Christmas?"

Originally Posted by KDCat

Krisy Kreme > Dunkin Donuts

Absolutely, as proven here.

Cake doughnuts are generally worthless, and Dunkin' Donuts are just plain horrible.

[xibair]

I have to chime in. The best donuts I ever had and it beats out Shipley's is ROUND ROCK donuts. If anyone is ever in central Texas and your are near Round Rock, this is a must try. It's worth the wait.

[WCsweet<3]

Sorry but Sesame Donuts out in Oregon are the best. Similar to Dunkin' Donuts. I believe Sesame bought out the Dunkin's in the area actually.

And if you are getting your coffee from Dunkin'... well Bless your heart! We have more coffee shops than just about anything else out here. Try Stumptown coffee.

[honeychile]

When I first moved to Chicago, we went to a Dunkin Donuts, and I made a mental note: We live down the street and around the corner from the Dunkin Donut. Do I have to tell you how many times I got lost with that bit of information? I don't know WHERE the closest Dunkin Donut is from my hometown in PA!

Just googled it - over 8 miles away! After that one, I would have to go downtown!

[KKGAlumDGMom]

Originally Posted by clemsongirl

I have discovered that if you order iced tea in a restaurant in the North and make no mention of sweetness, it'll come unsweetened, but if you ask for it with no reference to flavor in the South it comes sweetened. My Northern friends think the South is crazy for their obsession with sweet tea, and my Southern friends don't understand why I get so excited every time I go to the Dunkin' Donuts near campus. They also don't believe me when I tell them there's practically one on every street corner, either.

This made me smile! My daughter (we're from the mid-Atlantic area) has been completely won over by the South (I believe she was always really a Southerner, she just was living in the wrong place). The one thing, however, that she does miss from home is Dunkn' Donuts coffee. She just got home from school last night (only home for 2 1/2 weeks as she wants to quickly return to school and work in the admissions office) and Dunkin' Donuts was one of the first things she mentioned.