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Article #3620Re: Texas Slang: A Net Poll
From: Blair Cleveland Hedges
Date: Thu, 13 Oct 1994 22:15
Date: Thu, 13 Oct 1994 22:15
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Steve Tate (srt@zaphod.csci.unt.edu) elucidated:
: 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).
yall can refer to a single person. I've been in Texas all my life.
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