Bout to shock y'all.

[Colabomb]

I am considering attending the Episcopal Church downtown. They are moderate (Yes to women priests, no to homosexuality).

I am considering it, because from what I understand they would be accepting of my beliefs, and as the rector is a man I would not be faced with a question of conscience I can disagree with my rector on a non-vital issue, as long as it is not forced on me.

I would appriciate prayers obviously.

God Bless.

[karen freeinchristman]

I think that's great, Cola, give it a try. I hope you find that the differences aren't too great. Look for Christ in the people there. He crops up in the most unusual places! :)

[RedneckAnglican]

do what you gotta do man...trust me...i understand the conflicts...my prayers with you...

[Colabomb]

do what you gotta do man...trust me...i understand the conflicts...my prayers with you...
Unfortunatley, Continuing Churches are not always convenient.

[TomUK]

If that is where God is calling you then go for it!

My prayers are certainly with you.

I am considering attending the Episcopal Church downtown. They are moderate (Yes to women priests, no to homosexuality).

I am considering it, because from what I understand they would be accepting of my beliefs, and as the rector is a man I would not be faced with a question of conscience I can disagree with my rector on a non-vital issue, as long as it is not forced on me.

I would appriciate prayers obviously.

God Bless.

[CSMR]

I am considering it, because from what I understand they would be accepting of my beliefs, and as the rector is a man I would not be faced with a question of conscience I can disagree with my rector on a non-vital issue, as long as it is not forced on me.
Colabomb, as a matter of conscience, it is best not to disagree with people on non-vital issues.

[Colabomb]

Colabomb, as a matter of conscience, it is best not to disagree with people on non-vital issues.
i don't understand your post?

[Polycarp1]

Hmmm.

I think Cola is saying, I can hold an interior view of disagreement on non-vital issues. And CSMR, misinterpreting Cola's point, is saying, Do not publicize your disagreement on non-vital issues.

Gentlemen, do I have your points right? Or am I mistaken?

[RedneckAnglican]

Unfortunatley, Continuing Churches are not always convenient.

this is true...as of yet they are still few and far between...but there are more and more showing up everyday!...

[No Swansong]

Hmmm.

I think Cola is saying, I can hold an interior view of disagreement on non-vital issues. And CSMR, misinterpreting Cola's point, is saying, Do not publicize your disagreement on non-vital issues.

Gentlemen, do I have your points right? Or am I mistaken?

Pretty sure I can speak for Cola here and say that you are right about his point anyway.

[DeoJuvante]

Follow your conscience.

[Colabomb]

Hmmm.

I think Cola is saying, I can hold an interior view of disagreement on non-vital issues. And CSMR, misinterpreting Cola's point, is saying, Do not publicize your disagreement on non-vital issues.

Gentlemen, do I have your points right? Or am I mistaken?

Essentially yes, you have it right.

[CSMR]

i don't understand your post?
You said I think, relating to some issue you have with a church, that you will not be faced with a matter of conscience, and that you will disagree with your priest over a non-vital issue.

But what isn't a matter of conscience? You seem to have chosen some issue relating to priests and called it a question of conscience and then have excluded other matters: because the priest is a man there is not apparantly a "matter of conscience" you will have to face. But how did you manage to exclude anything from the realm of conscience?

And similarly you have identified one issue as a "vital" issue (disagreement where an actual woman priest is concerned?) and created a domain of "non-vital" issues of disagreement (such as disagreement when no actual woman priest is concerned). But if opinions have to do with the truth, and truth is life in Christ, there is no disagreement which is not vital.

[No Swansong]

I just caught this

Y'all

Son you spent 3 months of your life as an infant in Mobile Alabama, 3 months in Ocala Florda and the rest right smack dab in central Ohio. What gives you the Right or even the Inclination to use that honored word?

[Colabomb]

I just caught this

Y'all

Son you spent 3 months of your life as an infant in Mobile Alabama, 3 months in Ocala Florda and the rest right smack dab in central Ohio. What gives you the Right or even the Inclination to use that honored word?
Just being stupid.

To be honest Y'all irritates me.

I'm a city boy through and through lol,

[Mary of Bethany]

Just being stupid.

To be honest Y'all irritates me.

I'm a city boy through and through lol,

oh, but "y'all" is one of the most useful words in the English language. :D

And it rolls off the tongue much more easily than "you guys" or "youse guys" or "all of you", or any other substitute I can think of. :cool:

Mary

[karen freeinchristman]

oh, but "y'all" is one of the most useful words in the English language. :D

And it rolls off the tongue much more easily than "you guys" or "youse guys" or "all of you", or any other substitute I can think of. :cool:

Mary
I agree totally. I love the term "y'all".

[Colabomb]

I get rid of the You aspect.

I just say, hey guys.

[SirTimothy]

I love the word 'y'all' but then I've spent the past 10 years with three of my best friends being texans. You pick up the drawl.

[No Swansong]

There is nothing wrong with the word I called it an honored word. I am just giving my son a hard time is all.

[karen freeinchristman]

There is nothing wrong with the word I called it an honored word. I am just giving my son a hard time is all.
Yeah, we know. We're just giving y'all a hard time! ;)

[IowaLutheran]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5a/EbsenasJedClampett.jpg/180px-EbsenasJedClampett.jpg (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:EbsenasJedClampett.jpg)

Y'all come back now, ya hear!

[karen freeinchristman]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5a/EbsenasJedClampett.jpg/180px-EbsenasJedClampett.jpg (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:EbsenasJedClampett.jpg)

Y'all come back now, ya hear!
Jed! :hug:

[Torah613]

if your gunna use the word, remember these simple rules:

Y'all is informal plural

All Y'all is formal plural

Y'uns is singular

Joe Zollars

[RedneckAnglican]

Is there a reason why were slamming rednecks and thier grammer?...

[No Swansong]

Is there a reason why were slamming rednecks and thier grammer?...


I spent my summers growing up on a shrimp boat out of Bayou LaBatre, I am not slamming rednecks. Heck mine remained Red well into my late 30's.

[RedneckAnglican]

I spent my summers growing up on a shrimp boat out of Bayou LaBatre, I am not slamming rednecks. Heck mine remained Red well into my late 30's.

mine is still red...and my head...arms...legs...there is a lot of sun out here...


"Well my hairs turning white
my necks always been red
my collars still blue
we've always been here
just trying to sing the truth to you
guess you could say we've always been Red White and Blue"


-Lynard Skynard

[IowaLutheran]

I grew up on a farm and have never lived anywhere but the state of Iowa, one of the main rural agricultural states in the US.

I don't think we're slamming anyone, just engaging in a little self-deprecating humor.

[Torah613]

Is there a reason why were slamming rednecks and thier grammer?...

hus:

I too am a redneck. Actually my family was landed southern gentry, and I grew up in the Ozarks so I guess you could say that I'm a genuine hillbilly (I totally hate that term--Redneck is fine though). Anyways, I'm not slamming Rednecks--far from it. Just saying that if they are going to cop our dialect, they might as well say it right. After all, "Verbatum et tu mater" isn't ebonics.

Joe Zollars

[RedneckAnglican]

hus:

I too am a redneck. Actually my family was landed southern gentry, and I grew up in the Ozarks so I guess you could say that I'm a genuine hillbilly (I totally hate that term--Redneck is fine though). Anyways, I'm not slamming Rednecks--far from it. Just saying that if they are going to cop our dialect, they might as well say it right. After all, "Verbatum et tu mater" isn't ebonics.

Joe Zollars

ok..ok...y'all got me...we aren't slamming anyone...but I swear...if anyone else calls me a "yank" I'm outta here...

[Torah613]

Hus:

don't worry, your one of us. ;)

Your welcoming Pecan Pie, carolina style BBQ, and pitcher of sweet tea ought to be arriving shortly. In the meantime, feel free to sip a mint jullip and watch the grass grow.

Joe Zollars

[DeoJuvante]

ok..ok...y'all got me...we aren't slamming anyone...but I swear...if anyone else calls me a "yank" I'm outta here...
But that's the correct Australian English to describe the citizens of the United States of America ;)

[RedneckAnglican]

Hus:

don't worry, your one of us. ;)

Your welcoming Pecan Pie, carolina style BBQ, and pitcher of sweet tea ought to be arriving shortly. In the meantime, feel free to sip a mint jullip and watch the grass grow.

Joe Zollars

hey grand pa...what's for supper?...

[RedneckAnglican]

But that's the correct Australian English to describe the citizens of the United States of America ;)

but I'm not a citizen of the United States...I live in Texas...as in the Republic of...

[Colabomb]

But that's the correct Australian English to describe the citizens of the United States of America ;)
Isn't it funny how many different ways Yank is used?

Here it is used for Northerners.

I am a proud yank lol.

[longhair75]

good morning friends,

although i live in nebraska, a large portion of my family lives in memphis. we travel there often, where allowances are made for our odd accent and behaviour......

[thejesusfish90]

hahaha

My sister just arrived home from the U.S the other day, with a rather amusing story about that word...

She spent about 2 weeks in Texas visiting my aunt and uncle who live over there (Austin), and she was talking to someone on a night out-
They asked her "So what Y'all doing while your here"
Now to me and to her, Y'all sounds like a collective term (ie You all), and so she replied: "No its just me".. but apparently the word can be used as a singular and a plural, so he didn't understand my sisters reaction... so he replied: "Yeah what Y'all doing while your here"- and it went back and forth for about 3 rounds...

Outside of that she was out one night with a couple of my aunts cousins, and she was baffled at the menu this restaurant offered... Everything seemed to be Xfried Y (ie apparently there were dishes called Chicken Fried Steak, Chicken fried Chicken, etc), and so my sister asked whether they had Kentucky Fried Chicken.... hehe... Needless to say Im not the only Blonde haired member of my family... :P

YBIC

Chris

[SirTimothy]

ooooooooh dear. Not the question you ask in Texas, if I 'member rightly.... you want SOUTHERN fried chicken. Not Kentucky...

[Mary of Bethany]

hahaha

My sister just arrived home from the U.S the other day, with a rather amusing story about that word...

She spent about 2 weeks in Texas visiting my aunt and uncle who live over there (Austin), and she was talking to someone on a night out-
They asked her "So what Y'all doing while your here"
Now to me and to her, Y'all sounds like a collective term (ie You all), and so she replied: "No its just me".. but apparently the word can be used as a singular and a plural, so he didn't understand my sisters reaction... so he replied: "Yeah what Y'all doing while your here"- and it went back and forth for about 3 rounds...

Outside of that she was out one night with a couple of my aunts cousins, and she was baffled at the menu this restaurant offered... Everything seemed to be Xfried Y (ie apparently there were dishes called Chicken Fried Steak, Chicken fried Chicken, etc), and so my sister asked whether they had Kentucky Fried Chicken.... hehe... Needless to say Im not the only Blonde haired member of my family... :P

YBIC

Chris

I've never heard "y'all" used as singular, except on TV shows that don't know what they're talking about. :D

Mary

[Torah613]

I've never heard "y'all" used as singular, except on TV shows that don't know what they're talking about. :D

Mary

agreed. Properly speaking Y'all is plural familiar, All Y'all is plural formal, and Y'uns is singular. At least that's how it works in the southern ozarks.

Joe Zollars

[Mary of Bethany]

agreed. Properly speaking Y'all is plural familiar, All Y'all is plural formal, and Y'uns is singular. At least that's how it works in the southern ozarks.

Joe Zollars

As far as I know, Y'uns isn't used around here (Texas).

Mary

[AnglicanCelt]

I think that's great, Cola, give it a try. I hope you find that the differences aren't too great. Look for Christ in the people there. He crops up in the most unusual places! :)
Agreed.

[DeoJuvante]

agreed. Properly speaking Y'all is plural familiar, All Y'all is plural formal, and Y'uns is singular. At least that's how it works in the southern ozarks.

Joe Zollars
So there's a T-V distinction in Southern North American English?!

[RobNJ]

I just caught this

Y'all

Son you spent 3 months of your life as an infant in Mobile Alabama, 3 months in Ocala Florda and the rest right smack dab in central Ohio. What gives you the Right or even the Inclination to use that honored word?


It's an affliction that has even contaminated some of us in New Jersey!! :doh:




:D

[Torah613]

So there's a T-V distinction in Southern North American English?!

in some parts at least yes. Southron (the proper name) is not just one dialect but a whole collection of dialects, similar to ebonics except with more historical usage. Southron can actually be a very highly inflected form of english. Its generally beleived this comes from the Creole, Gaelic, and Spanish influences.

Joe Zollars