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Thread #99614   Message #1987602
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
05-Mar-07 - 08:19 PM
Thread Name: BS: Declining Standards of English
Subject: RE: BS: Declining Standards of English
you, you-all, all-you-all? I think it was in Guys and Dolls that one of the characters said 'all youse.

au contraire is furrin. Contrariwise (used as early as 13 and aught something. Spelled-spelt with a 'y' at first) better.