Re: Californian vowels [was Re: Liking German]
| From: | Steve Kramer <scooter@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, October 2, 2001, 3:58 |
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On Mon, 1 Oct 2001, David Peterson wrote:
> 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.
>
As the popular North Carolina joke goes, "'Y'all' is singular. 'All
y'all' is plural." :-) And yes, I have heard examples of both in
everyday Southern speech.
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