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To: OldBlondBabe

What is pural for y'all?


24 posted on 05/18/2004 8:26:44 AM PDT by FlatLandBeer
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To: FlatLandBeer

y'all IS plural. It refers to a group of people. Any other usage (as in a Yankee gal on TV using a pretend Southern accent to say "you all" when referring to one person) is silly and not real.


31 posted on 05/18/2004 8:28:37 AM PDT by TheBigB (Jaime Pressly: proof that God does indeed exist.)
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To: FlatLandBeer
Down here in the south, I've heard them say "all y'all" as apparent plural for y'all.

As a western girl, the mix of accents here in S. Florida is enough to drive one to drink. If it isn't some rude and loud broad from NJ, it's someone using incorrect grammar with a southern accent. Neither can anyone here spell correctly. Why, even some of our local streets names are misspelled. It's a tragedy that so many could be so poorly spoken. And folks wonder why they get pegged as ignorant.

48 posted on 05/18/2004 8:35:10 AM PDT by anniegetyourgun
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To: FlatLandBeer
What is pural for y'all?

It's yalls'es.
Yall git yall'es cut-offs on cause we're goin over to momma-en-ems & swim in their pool.
58 posted on 05/18/2004 8:36:51 AM PDT by jrushing (VRWC)
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To: FlatLandBeer
What is plural for y'all?

The plural of "y'all" is "all y'all".

61 posted on 05/18/2004 8:37:57 AM PDT by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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To: FlatLandBeer
What is plural for y'all?

"All y'all." Or so I was told by a dear friend when I visited him in West - no, sorry, "West By God" Virginia.

77 posted on 05/18/2004 8:44:46 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: FlatLandBeer
You (pronounced "yoo") is singular.
You (pronounced "yawl") is plural.
All of you (pronounced "all yawl") refers to a multitude.
87 posted on 05/18/2004 8:50:29 AM PDT by dufekin (John F. Kerry. Irrational, improvident, backward, seditious.)
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To: FlatLandBeer

The plural of y'all is all-a-y'all.


97 posted on 05/18/2004 8:53:38 AM PDT by MagnumRancid
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To: FlatLandBeer
What is pural for y'all?

It's singular or plural just as "you" can be either.

99 posted on 05/18/2004 8:55:04 AM PDT by mtbopfuyn
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To: FlatLandBeer
What is pural for y'all?

All y'all
138 posted on 05/18/2004 9:13:25 AM PDT by Proverbs 3-5
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To: FlatLandBeer
Yall IS the plural. The superplural is allayall which is the term for every one of you. The singular is ye or yuh.
288 posted on 05/18/2004 12:21:59 PM PDT by arthurus (Better to fight them over THERE than over HERE.)
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To: FlatLandBeer

Youse gise!


293 posted on 05/18/2004 12:42:04 PM PDT by H8klintoon
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To: FlatLandBeer

"What is pural for y'all?"

In a good portion of the south, y'all IS plural. Some say 'all y'all' when referring to an extended group, or just plain 'y'all' referring to an immediate group. At least we don't say 'youse', which is basically the northern equivilant!


364 posted on 05/18/2004 3:50:41 PM PDT by bk1000 (error 404- failed to get tag line)
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