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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] 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.
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