--- Roger Mills <romilly@...> scrievit:
> I don't use either word very often, but IMO
It (esp. folks) is a little more common in
Leftpondia.
> _folk_ refers to The People, the
> Ethnos, en masse and undifferentiated.
Yes. Also to one's family or clan. "Our folk come
from New York", e.g.
> Actually for me it only occurs in the
> compound _folkways_or as an adjective, e.g. "a
> folk belief/custom".
That as well.
> _Folks_ refers, in a colloquial way, to
> specific groups.
Here folks can refer either to a number of groups
or ethoses; or to a group of individuals (as you
gave in the snipped examples). "That's all
folks!"
Padraic.
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