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Thread #82895 Message #1521336
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
13-Jul-05 - 06:30 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: grammatically correct use of ' y'all'?
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: grammatically correct use of ' y'all'?
'Yez" ("Ye with plural inflection") is fairly old in print; 1804. In OED.
'ya' in slovenly argot, e. g. in "What ya want?," "Where ya goin'?"