From: Royce C Hayes (rc_hayes1@juno.com)
Date: Sat Jan 11 2003 - 09:53:52 PST
I'm sorry? Are you from the area of the US that was the aggressor in the
War of Northern Aggression?
The answer is plainly written below. All Y'all is plural.
Royce
In East Texas
(Just yanking your chain for fun!)
==========================================
On Fri, 10 Jan 2003 19:26:06 -0800 Patrick Jankowiak <eccm@swbell.net>
writes:
> Or Yu'uns (YOO-uns), for multiple people.
>
> Recovry4x4@aol.com wrote:
> >
> > In a message dated 1/8/03 10:41:06 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> > INDUSTELE@aol.com writes:
> >
> > > The
> > > rest of the world and the US are known as Y'ALL.
> >
> > This may not be entirely correct either. In the deep south Y'ALL
> is a
> > singular term meaning one person. All Y'All would be the correct
> way to
> > address 2 or more people.
> >
> > Kenneth Engle
> > Loxahatchee, FL U.S.A.
> > AM General M-35A2 w/w
> > Fruehauf M105A1
> > MVPA #24371
> > http://hometown.aol.com/recovry4x4/myhomepage/photo.html
> >
>
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.4 : Wed Apr 23 2003 - 13:24:57 PDT