Re: Californian vowels [was Re: Liking German]
| From: | David Peterson <digitalscream@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, October 2, 2001, 3:43 |
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In a message dated 10/1/01 8:15:07 PM, trwier@MIDWAY.UCHICAGO.EDU writes:
<< She insisted it was a <y'all> used in the singular, while
all of us who actually use the pronoun insisted that there must have
been some kind of external reason for it of the kind that I mention
above. >>
You're kidding, right? Haven't you seen any movies where people use
"y'all" for the singular? It happens all the time! Rent Thelma and Louise,
or something; I'm sure it's in there once. It's almost like an honorific,
and is usually restricted to the phrase "How y'all doing?", from what I've
seen/heard.
-David
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