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To: georgiadevildog
Y'all = just you

All y'all = everybody

101 posted on 12/22/2004 10:59:06 AM PST by Yo-Yo
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To: Yo-Yo
All y'all = everybody

Yall and allayall are my preferred constructions because "yall" hereabouts is not used with any sense that it is a contraction. It is simply the correct second person plural pronoun. Allayall indicates everyone in the group spoken to and is more congruent with the actual spoken term.

194 posted on 02/25/2005 1:57:30 PM PST by arthurus (Better to fight them over THERE than over HERE.)
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