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Re: Texas Slang: A Net Poll

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From: Rob Sartin
Date: Mon, 17 Oct 1994 20:28
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In article <37m53q$ppj@hermes.unt.edu>,
Steve Tate <srt@zaphod.csci.unt.edu> wrote:
>Precisely --- they represent others, so it refers to more than one
>person.  Therefore it's plural....

This was all much easier in (near Allentown) Pennsylvania, where
the plural of "you" was "yous" (or is that "youse"?).

Rob
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From: sartin@pencom.com (Rob Sartin)
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Subject: Re: Texas Slang: A Net Poll
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