Re: Texas Slang: A Net Poll

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From: Steve Tate
Date: Thu, 13 Oct 1994 20:50

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Peter Steiger (psteiger@ns1.unicomp.net) wrote:

> This thread starting me wondering something else about "Y'all": Do
> most people use it only for the plural, or do y'all typically address
> one person ("Hey, Bubba, y'all wanna come to the tractor pull with me?")?

How could "all" be singular????   The only people who say "y'all" when
referring to one person (even one person named Bubba) are non-southern
actors doing bad renditions of a southern accent, and people who don't
speak correctly (hell, some people say "you is...", ya' know).

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