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Question...

  • Mar. 17th, 2004 at 3:33 PM
carleton97: (Default)
on Southern grammar, specifically Texas.

Is the proper plural 'you' in Texas 'all y'all' or is it something else?

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[identity profile] leak666.livejournal.com wrote:
Mar. 17th, 2004 05:35 pm (UTC)
from NC...
It can be either "y'all" or "all y'all". The singular (if you care) is "ya" or "yer".

I've lived in NC way too long...
[identity profile] exitsign.livejournal.com wrote:
Mar. 17th, 2004 06:26 pm (UTC)
And as for your actual question, I can't speak for Texans (thank God), but in my house usually 'y'all' is singular and 'all y'all' is plural. 'Y'all' can be plural, though. Why? Because it's shorter and the entire point of the word 'y'all' is that Southern people are lazy fucks who don't like using more words than they have to.
[identity profile] exitsign.livejournal.com wrote:
Mar. 17th, 2004 06:27 pm (UTC)
ha. I had typed something else before that paragraph but I deleted it. I just forgot to delete the 'And as for your actual question,' part. ::cringe:: I'm a loser. Ignore that.
[identity profile] carleton97.livejournal.com wrote:
Mar. 17th, 2004 09:12 pm (UTC)
You're not a loser! And your package is going in the mail tomorrow.
[identity profile] exitsign.livejournal.com wrote:
Mar. 18th, 2004 12:29 am (UTC)
Yay! ::dances:: I heart you, dude.
[identity profile] carleton97.livejournal.com wrote:
Mar. 18th, 2004 07:06 am (UTC)
Because I <3 you as well, there just might be (hah!) something in your package besides a CD.
[identity profile] exitsign.livejournal.com wrote:
Mar. 18th, 2004 07:32 am (UTC)
Aw. Dude! Oh my God, I'm so excited. I was excited enough at the prospect of new music but now there's a special surprise inside? You, my darling twin, are beyond awesome. ::hugs::
[identity profile] carleton97.livejournal.com wrote:
Mar. 17th, 2004 09:12 pm (UTC)
Yeah. I know FL and LA and NC are all y'all, but I was just curious if TX was different because, well, Texas.
[identity profile] exitsign.livejournal.com wrote:
Mar. 18th, 2004 12:30 am (UTC)
Texas. Bleh. Much like Alabama, I just don't see the point in it.
[identity profile] ladyclio16.livejournal.com wrote:
Mar. 18th, 2004 04:36 pm (UTC)
Thanks for talking crap about my state. Really. Enjoy hearing that. Truly.

Don't believe me. Hmmm...
[identity profile] ladyclio16.livejournal.com wrote:
Mar. 18th, 2004 04:35 pm (UTC)
As a Texan can I just comment that no one I know says that. At all. It's like a stereotype that we do. Some people probably do, I don't know. It's a big state, but no one I know uses that.

Just wanted to say that. I'm done now.
[identity profile] carleton97.livejournal.com wrote:
Mar. 18th, 2004 04:37 pm (UTC)
Hey, thanks. All my southern friends are either from Florida, Louisiana, or the Carolinas.

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