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carleton97 ([personal profile] carleton97) wrote2004-03-17 03:33 pm
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Question...

on Southern grammar, specifically Texas.

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

[identity profile] leak666.livejournal.com 2004-03-17 05:35 pm (UTC)(link)
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 2004-03-17 06:26 pm (UTC)(link)
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 2004-03-17 06:27 pm (UTC)(link)
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 2004-03-17 09:12 pm (UTC)(link)
You're not a loser! And your package is going in the mail tomorrow.

[identity profile] carleton97.livejournal.com 2004-03-17 09:12 pm (UTC)(link)
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 2004-03-18 12:29 am (UTC)(link)
Yay! ::dances:: I heart you, dude.

[identity profile] exitsign.livejournal.com 2004-03-18 12:30 am (UTC)(link)
Texas. Bleh. Much like Alabama, I just don't see the point in it.

[identity profile] carleton97.livejournal.com 2004-03-18 07:06 am (UTC)(link)
Because I <3 you as well, there just might be (hah!) something in your package besides a CD.

[identity profile] exitsign.livejournal.com 2004-03-18 07:32 am (UTC)(link)
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] ladyclio16.livejournal.com 2004-03-18 04:35 pm (UTC)(link)
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] ladyclio16.livejournal.com 2004-03-18 04:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks for talking crap about my state. Really. Enjoy hearing that. Truly.

Don't believe me. Hmmm...

[identity profile] carleton97.livejournal.com 2004-03-18 04:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Hey, thanks. All my southern friends are either from Florida, Louisiana, or the Carolinas.
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