Steg Belsky wrote:
> >4. I say /o:fn/ (o: is aw in law).
>
> Yup, me too.
Does that mean "often" and "orphan" rhyme for you? I guess that would
depend on whether you have a nonrhotic dialect or not.
> >The oddest thing is that people in New England also say y'all. That
> >might be because of the influence of the universities ... But y'allses is
> >definitely out.
>
> Here people say the long form, "you all"....probably to not sound like
> 'hicks' ( = the rest of the country) :) .
Is _youse_ used at all still? I've always had the feeling that it's one of
those really stigmatized forms that people are quick to shun...
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