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Subject:Re: Redneck step of the day... From:Mike McCallister <workingwriter -at- gmail -dot- com> To:john -at- garisons -dot- com Date:Thu, 17 Dec 2009 09:50:06 -0600
With the interesting turn this conversation has taken, I certainly hope all
y'all have been in touch with the Dictionary of American Regional English
with this information:
They are hard at work on the last few letters for publication next year.
Mike (who got to hear DARE editor Joan Houston Hall at an STC chapter
meeting a few months ago)
Mike McCallister
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On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 9:34 AM, <john -at- garisons -dot- com> wrote:
> "Y'all" can be singular or plural depending on the sentence in which it is
> used ...kind of like "deer". If you want to be inclusive beyond the shadow
> of a doubt, the preferred construction is "All y'all", as in "All y'all
> kin kiss mah grits."
>
> > The plural/singular y'all controversy has been around quite awhile.
> > While the "official" rule is to only use it in the plural sense, in the
> > wild y'all is used in every sense.
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