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In article <37uis1$iek@giga.bga.com>, Ray Shea <ray@ses.com> wrote:
>
>I kinda agree (and yeah, I've lived in the south since I was 7, which is
>close enough), but it's pretty common to address a single person as y'all
>if for instance they work behind the counter someplace...so it's perfectly
>reasonable to say "y'all got any barbecue sauce?" even when you're only 
>talking to one person.
>
>Thing is, you leave the south and try the "Y'all got any...?" routine
>anywhere else and all you get back is a confused "uh...what?"
>
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I, too, have lived in the south my entire life and have used the "Y'all
got any...?" as well when asking for something for someone who works
behind a counter.  However, I always felt that when I was asking it,
I wasn't using a singular form so much as asking it of the entire staff
of folks who worked there, even though I was speaking to only one
person.  That is, it still feels plural to me when I use it.  To me,
it seems like the equivalent of "Do you folks have any....?"

Like someone else wrote earlier, I've only seen it used in the singular
form by bad actors attempting to fake a southern accent.  

Dru Cabler
Advanced Micro Devices

Above opinions are my own and not my employer's