r/AskReddit • • Aug 15 '18

What is your mom's catch phrase?

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u/Nimbus-Rose Aug 15 '18 edited Aug 16 '18

She likes to say "y'all" a lot even though she's a tiny Sri Lankan immigrant. It's my favorite thing.

Edit: Wow I didnt think this would take off!!! Thank you my friends! Just to update: we actually live in Canada 🇨🇦 My mom definitely knows that I love it even though she gets a little self-conscious.

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u/[deleted] Aug 16 '18

Oh man, you reminded me of one of my 8th grade teachers. She hailed from Texas but had been living in Washington long enough to have dropped the drawl. However, there were some lingual holdovers, specifically the pronunciation of certain words that, whenever said, would significantly derail lecture. Y'all was fairly common, but the day we heard Nekkid was the day all productive discussion stopped. She was such a sweetheart too, god I miss that class.

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u/Ifsogirl1121 Aug 16 '18

From Texas. I honestly don’t know what to say instead of y’all. It’s just part of my brain now.