Re: Old Norse (was Re: New to the list)

Nik Taylor wrote:

> Thomas R. Wier wrote:
> > Nik, others that use it, what do y'all think?
>
> I use y'all's occasionally, probably less often than "y'all", but it
> doesn't have any "lower-class connotations" to me.
Oh, no.  Don't get me wrong.  I use it most of the time.  I was
just giving reasons for why some people might not.  Language
innovation is usually like that.

> Y'all's's (/jAlzIz/)
> (same function as yours, mine, etc. - what is that called?), on the
> other hand, does sounds quite peculiar to me, even tho I've heard it a
> few times (and I think I might've even used it a few times without
> realizing it)
Yeah, I've heard that once or twice.  I think there's some confusion
on exactly where the morphological boundary lies for some people.

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