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To: logi_cal869

If they’d have meant “you, plural” the sign would have said “youse”, “y’uns” or “y’all”


9 posted on 11/29/2015 5:24:00 AM PST by bigbob
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To: bigbob

It was suburban Chicago.

“Youse” is the correct term there.

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18 posted on 11/29/2015 5:43:12 AM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastophic Anthropogenic Climate Alterations: The acronym defines the science.)
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To: bigbob; Jim Robinson
If they'd have meant "you, plural" the sign would have said "youse", "y'uns" or "y'all"

Where I come from "y'all" is singular. The plural is "all y'all".

(And fixing all those ' and " is still a pain.)

20 posted on 11/29/2015 5:44:20 AM PST by don-o (I am Kenneth Carlisle - Waco 5/17/15)
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To: bigbob

precisely


41 posted on 11/29/2015 7:15:37 AM PST by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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