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Article #3632Re: Texas Slang: A Net Poll
From: Joe Gray
Date: Sat, 15 Oct 1994 17:58
Date: Sat, 15 Oct 1994 17:58
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In article <37md2n$pij@crl2.crl.com>, keithww@crl.com (Keith Woodworth) says:
>My people came to Texas in the 30's, 1830's that is. Y'all is plural for
>you, in the words of my 12th grade spanish teacher, "Texans are the only
>english speaking people smart enought to come up with a plural form of
>you." O'k you's guys.
^^^^^
Isn't that spelled "youse"? I'll have to say, this has been a very
entertaining thread.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103916,d605289c7b477bcd X-Google-Attributes: gid103916,public X-Google-Thread: 104ad1,d605289c7b477bcd X-Google-Attributes: gid104ad1,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-10-15 11:01:14 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!bga.com!cs.utexas.edu!convex!news.onramp.net!usenet From: jgray@onramp.net (Joe Gray) Newsgroups: tx.general,dfw.general Subject: Re: Texas Slang: A Net Poll Date: 15 Oct 1994 17:58:42 GMT Organization: On-Ramp; Individual Internet Connections; Dallas/Ft Worth/Houston, TX USA Lines: 16 Message-ID: <37p58i$dq6@news.onramp.net> References: <CxH0CM.BFM@fwrdc.rtsg.mot.com> <37jcss$jfe@cleo.abt.com> <37js6p$9jp@ns1.unicomp.net> <37k6ht$3nb@hermes.unt.edu> <37kbhc$69a@larry.rice.edu> <37md2n$pij@crl2.crl.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ftw11.onramp.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.92.6+