Re: USAGE: double modals (was Re: negativity)
| From: | B. Garcia <madyaas@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, February 10, 2005, 21:19 |
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On Thu, 10 Feb 2005 08:53:38 -0600, Thomas R. Wier <trwier@...> wrote:
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> It's possible. I've certainly noticed native Chicagoans, and
> even New Yorkers, using other Southernisms like <y'all>. But <y'all>
> is in an unusually favored position, since it slips right into a gap
> in the paradigm, and those who use it tend to use it all the time.
>
This has crept into my speech from my Highschool days where all of us
(Native Californians) picked it via popular music. I still use it when
I switch into the mode I use when among peers roughly my age).
Funnily enough, I had a Texan tell us we aren't supposed to use
"y'all", as if it's something only Texans can claim.
It seems to me though that a lot of New Englanders and Northern East
Coast people tend to dislike hearing it.