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Subject:Re: "Y'all" usage at MIT From:Jimmy C Diecker <diecker -at- UNM -dot- EDU> Date:Mon, 24 Oct 1994 14:07:44 -0600
I'm from southern Oklahoma and in addition to "y'all" and "all y'all" the
term "you'uns" was common. It usually was used in a lightly joking,
affectionate manner.
Jimmy Diecker
Latin American Institute
University of New Mexico-Albuquerque
diecker -at- unm -dot- edu
