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Re: English 2sg/pl

From:Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>
Date:Tuesday, May 6, 2003, 20:37
On Tue, May 06, 2003 at 03:33:29PM -0400, Steg Belsky wrote:
> Actually, talking about this topic, as a native user of > "you-guys/you-all" who has somewhat picked up "y'all" from both this list > and a from a friend from northern Florida ("Baja Alabama" as Nik calls > it), what are the proper possessive forms in "y'all" dialects?
Growing up in Georgia, I have only heard "y'all's", occasionally expanded into "you all's". The "you" never turns into "your" in my experience. -Mark