Re: Southernisms (was Re: Genitive relationships (WAS: Construct States))

Nik Taylor wrote:

> Perhaps the best example
> is that stereotypical Southernism "y'all come back now, ya hear?", where
> "ya" is used for plural in the second clause.
That's because English pronouns come in emphatic and reduced forms,
and the reduced form of "y'all" is [y@], just like the reduced form
of "you".

--
John Cowan      http://www.ccil.org/~cowan              cowan@ccil.org
        You tollerday donsk?  N.  You tolkatiff scowegian?  Nn.
        You spigotty anglease?  Nnn.  You phonio saxo?  Nnnn.
                Clear all so!  'Tis a Jute.... (Finnegans Wake 16.5)