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To: stylin19a

so
y’all is singular
all y’all is plural

got it.

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Except in Alabama.

“Y’all” is plural - conjunction of “You all”.

“Are y’all coming to dinner?”

But also heard might be: “Are y’all ALL coming to dinner?” (Meaning - “I better get more food!”

To us in our part of Alabama, the singular would be “you”.


1,310 posted on 05/03/2020 5:39:10 AM PDT by Tuscaloosa Goldfinch (Abortion is just a new spin on human sacrifice by worshipers of self and selfishness.)
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To: Tuscaloosa Goldfinch; stylin19a
Except in Alabama.

“Y’all” is plural - conjunction of “You all”.

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I wish yunz would find an endpoint to this dialect slide already.  😉

1,313 posted on 05/03/2020 6:04:52 AM PDT by pa_dweller (Stop looking for 'magic' numbers!)
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To: Tuscaloosa Goldfinch

“Are y’all coming to dinner?”

But also heard might be: “Are y’all ALL coming to dinner?” (Meaning - “I better get more food!”

Yabut

djeat jet? (did you eat yet)

the other southernism.


1,340 posted on 05/03/2020 7:43:16 AM PDT by norsky
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