Re: Californian vowels [was Re: Liking German]
| From: | Barry Garcia <barry_garcia@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, October 4, 2001, 2:03 |
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CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU writes:
>New Yorkers also use "you-all" - we wouldn't want to say "y'all" and
>sound like *Southerners* (gasp!), would we? :-) . I think i may have a
>register difference between "you-all" and "you-guys", with "you-guys"
>taking the more informal range and "you-all" the more formal range. I
>know that at least once i have consciously stopped myself from saying
>"you-guys" because it sounded too informal for the situation.
Now, is this true for the entire city, or certain areas? I could have
sworn i've heard rappers from NYC use "Y'all". At least mong people in HS
i grew up with, the term was used among those who would be considered
lower class to even upper middle class. Mostly because they were imitating
rappers they liked.
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