Re: yalls's

Muke Tever wrote:
> So, people who can have both singular and plural "they", what -self/-selves
> form would you use in this sentence?
>
> "If anyone calls, tell them to go f**k _________."
Either themself or themselves.  Actually, I'd use "'em" instead of
"them".  Using "them" and then "themself" sounds extremely bizarre to
me, but using "'em" and "themself" is okay.  Probably because "them" is
a somewhat more-formal pronoun than "'em".

> I don't think I'm aware of a themself/theirself form.  [Err... ok, Altavista
> gives 26353 'themself' references and 1158 'theirself' ones.  But the first
> hits that come up are from grammar sites telling you not to use them...]
Which is the surest evidence that it IS used that way.  :-)

> I think "yalls's" has an 'intensive' meaning that the other mine-equivalent
> pronouns don't have.
I don't think I've ever heard it used that way around here.  Must be a
regional variation.

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