Re: OT: All'y'all's's's's'...

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From: Steven Williams <feurieaux@...>
Date: May 10, 2005 8:30 AM
Subject: Re: OT: All'y'all's's's's'...
To: saizai@saizai.com


--- Sai Emrys <saizai@...> schrieb:
> Just how much can you funkify a plural and have it
> still be cogent?
>
> Or for that matter, comprehendible enough to be
> funny?
>
> I know I've heard "you", "y'all", "all
> y'all", "y'alls", and "all y'alls" used straight,
> and with discrimination between them. (Add plural
> for an extra 's.) Can anyone outdo me on that? :-P
Ehh... For humorous effect, I sometimes reduplicate
the plural inflection on nouns, like saying 'catses'
for 'cats'. Sort of like Gollum.

This is also pretty common -- applying ablaut where it
normally wouldn't apply, like saying 'meese' for
'mooses' or 'hice' [haIs] for 'houses'. Only for
humorous effect, but some people around here use forms
of analogized ablaut where it does not appear in the
standard language (like 'I thunk' for 'I thought').

> *cues hoedown music*
Shall I fetch the banjo and big moonshine jar (with
the obligatory three X's scratched onto the side)?


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