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To: ROCKLOBSTER

Y’all: Regional Dialect, 2nd person & 2nd person plural, familiar form. (Cf. German, Sie / Du) I think all y’all just acts as an intensifier.

I would listen to a Texan saying Y’all any day over a N/Y or Jersey “ Hey, youse!” any day.


327 posted on 06/27/2022 7:59:22 PM PDT by Pete from Shawnee Mission
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542 posted on 06/28/2022 12:04:07 PM PDT by Bigg Red (Trump will be sworn in under a shower of confetti made from the tattered remains of the Rat Party.)
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