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To: RedBloodedAmerican
That's cute. But as a native of South Louisiana, I do have to say that we use "y'all" only in the plural. We do use "you" for the singular.

I remember seeing Johnny Carson ask a southerner if "y'all" was singular or plural, and I thought that that was such a dumb question. "Y'all" is a contraction for you all, which is obviously plural.

I don't know why I remember that; it was years ago. :-)
83 posted on 08/16/2003 6:38:32 PM PDT by alnick
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To: alnick
Ya'll ain't that old, are ya'll?
256 posted on 08/20/2003 7:11:30 AM PDT by RedBloodedAmerican (sorry to be replying so late...been workin'...)
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