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Thread #82895   Message #1520623
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
12-Jul-05 - 01:35 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: grammatically correct use of ' y'all'?
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: grammatically correct use of ' y'all'?
I once had a Texan, jokingly, tell me that proper usage was yo', y'all, and all yo' all. Later she referred to me as y'all (but she was including my wife, who wasn't there- "Y'all come").
Webster's Collegiate Dictionary:
you-all- "usu. used in addressing two or more persons or sometimes one person as representing also another or others."