Re: Texas Slang: A Net Poll

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From: Phil B. Aylward
Date: Thu, 13 Oct 1994 16:13

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In article <CxH0CM.BFM@fwrdc.rtsg.mot.com> rwhite@fwrdc.rtsg.mot.com (Rich White) writes:
>From: rwhite@fwrdc.rtsg.mot.com (Rich White)
>Subject: Texas Slang: A Net Poll
>Date: Mon, 10 Oct 1994 18:50:45 GMT

>Fellow Texans,

>We have something of a debate raging at work regarding the Texas
>slangism for addressing a group of people so I thought maybe we
>could resolve the debate with an informal net poll.

>What's the proper spelling?

>A. yall
>B. ya'll
>C. y'all
>D. other (please specify)

"C"  It is a contraction of you all...

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