At 7:01 PM -0500 9/9/03, Dave Pooser wrote: >> Hmmm...I always thought "y'all" to be the second person singular, >> with the second person plural being "all y'all". > >Not around these parts (Dallas). Second-person singular is "you;" >second-person plural is "y'all." "All y'all" is a deliberate redundancy used >for emphasis. Anyone getting it wrong is probably a tourist. :^)
My sister told me the term for tourist in Dallas was "Touron". In Texas, IME, y'all is never singular, singular usage is considered improper. Y'all is plural, and "all y'all" is a group of plurals (all families, both parties in both houses of the legislature, etc.) and is sometimes considered to be a shortening of "all of y'all". -- Michael Croft http://www.whiterose.org/michael SAM: It's 106 miles to the Crack of Doom. We've got a magic ring, two daggers, it's dark, and we're wearing sunglasses FRODO: Hit it. ############################################################# This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Send administrative queries to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
