Wha’supppppp?! I hope you all have had a productive, less-than stressful week. You are now reading the 11th installment of Southern Fried Vocab. Just in case you missed last week’s phrase, have a click and familiarize yourself.
In case you’re not familiar with the rules, they go a lil’ something like this. You will be given a vocabulary word or phrase, a definition and a sentence. You are hereby challenged to go forth and use it in conversation.
Though you may not see a logical place to insert these words into conversation, everything is always better when you cover it in flour and drop it in some hot grease.
The phrase of the week is ya’on to.
Chuck to John Salley: "Let's go fishing down on my lake in Alabama, ya'on to?"
Definition
Ya’on to: a question asked when trying to convince a friend or acquaintance to do something they wouldn’t normally do
Example
A heathen to his very Christian brother: Man, let’s go down to the bar, ya’on to?
Christian: What business I got in a bar?
Heathen: The same business the resta us got, drankin’! C’mon, go wit’ us, ya know ya’on to!
Quick Review
If you were to slow down the phrase and break it up into actual words, you might actually hear “(do) you want to.” While peer pressure should be non-existent among adults, the phrase “ya’on to” has gotten more people in trouble than an FBI informant.
Now, go forth and use this statement in conversation.
