->>  BF>    It's not my fault that English has no means to distinguish
->>  BF> between second person singular and plural...

->> what's wrong with "you" for singular" and
"you all" or "you
->> folk" or some such? sure seems to me to be a method of
->> distinguishing singular from plural...

->> 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:

)\/(ark