Re: Texas Slang: A Net Poll

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From: Randy Hall
Date: Tue, 18 Oct 1994 15:34

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ww3@global.org (Wynn Wagner III) writes:
/GLOSSARY:
|   you ......... singular
|   yeeeee'w .... me, when my mother is pissed
|   y'all ....... plural
\   all y'all ... really plural

I haven't seen anybody else mention this one yet:

    y'all three,
    y'all six,
    etc. ........ precision plural

as in "Can y'all three make it here by then?"

Randy
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From: Randy Hall <rhall@convex.com>
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Subject: Re: Texas Slang: A Net Poll
Date: 18 Oct 1994 10:34:22 -0500
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