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Re: yall, youse, youguys...

From:Carlos Thompson <carlos_thompson@...>
Date:Tuesday, August 17, 1999, 14:45
Barry Garcia wrote:

> carlos_thompson@correo.javeriana.edu.co writes: > >Kind of our _t=FA_, _vos_, _usted_, _sumerc=E9_ differences in the Spa=
nish
> >speaking world. > > > >-- Carlos Th (who speaks a _t=FA_/_usted_ dialect) > > Interesting, since the largest Spanish speaking population here is > Mexican, we hear the t=FA / usted dialect. What countries use "sumerc=E9=
"? In some rural areas of Colombia, mainly Boyac=E1. Comes from old _Vuesa Merced_ -> _Vuestra Merced_ -> _Su Merced_. My girlfriend has an age diference between _t=FA_ and _sumerc=E9_, she is= from Bogot=E1 but her mother is from Boyac=E1. I don't know of any other regi= on _sumerc=E9_ is used. -- Carlos Th