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-> ->> ya'll come back, heah? -> EC> That is the correct useage, and it survived for centuries in -> EC> rural areas, mountains, and the Southern United States. But -> EC> now, if someone uses the second person plural, there will be -> EC> a snob nearby who won't understand and will take it as a sign -> EC> of a lack of education. But we get our own snickers in when -> EC> the snob tries to mimic it and winds up incorrectly using -> EC> "ya'll" when referring to a single person. -> since when has that been incorrect? many's the time that i hear folk telling -> me, one individual, while on my way out the door, "ya'll come back!"... is that -> a sign of lack of education? :wink: Not uneducated. Just fake-folksy. --- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v3.0pr5* Origin: Try Our Web Based QWK: DOCSPLACE.ORG (1:123/140) SEEN-BY: 633/267 270 @PATH: 123/140 500 106/2000 633/267 |
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