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To: Red Boots
Hence all the forms of "you guys; you all, you people, and youse".

In Alabama the plural of "y'all" is "all y'all."

340 posted on 05/29/2007 11:28:43 AM PDT by Half Vast Conspiracy (Nappy is the new N-word.)
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To: Half Vast Conspiracy
In Alabama the plural of "y'all" is "all y'all."

LOL !

354 posted on 05/29/2007 11:59:54 AM PDT by Red Boots
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To: Half Vast Conspiracy

I’ve never been quite clear on that. Does that mean you can use “y’all” when addressing a single person? If so, it’s no improvement at all in terms of clarity over just plain “you”. I don’t know, off hand, if any language has a pronoun or word ending (for agultinative languages like Hungarian) than distinguishes between addressing a single person and a group.

Well, I just checked with my Hungarian co-worker and, yes, there is a clear difference between addressing a single person and a group.


356 posted on 05/29/2007 12:03:00 PM PDT by -YYZ-
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To: Half Vast Conspiracy

It is, here, too - “all y’all” implies “your momma and them.”


386 posted on 05/29/2007 1:58:11 PM PDT by Rte66
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