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Birthday Cakes and Costume Parties

Sep 25, 2008 22:47

Title: It Isn’t That I’m Crazy, I’m Just Having a Bad Day - Session Seven
Author: m_buggieFandom: “Band of Brothers ( Read more... )

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alouette_sparra September 26 2008, 04:17:08 UTC

And, um... Well... I just read through this again... and... "y'all" refers to a GROUP. You wouldn't really call a single person "y'all". (Unless they've got some multiple personalities going on.)

redheadaholic September 26 2008, 17:34:26 UTC

Actually, "y'all" is singular. "All y'all" is plurual.

;)

redheadaholic September 26 2008, 17:39:20 UTC

Urgh. That's plural.

alouette_sparra September 26 2008, 18:29:39 UTC

And in my neck of the woods, "y'" and "ya" is singular, "y'all" is plural, and "all y'all" is a whole mess of y'all!

Go figure.

m_buggie September 26 2008, 19:09:07 UTC

Oh, the joys of regional dialect...

m_buggie September 26 2008, 19:08:35 UTC

Yep, I've heard that, too. Which was actually what I was aiming for. But then linguistics get decidedly different once you head south of the Mason-Dixon line.

m_buggie September 26 2008, 19:07:14 UTC

Ah, see, I've heard it used in both singular and plural connotations. Most of my Southern friends 'round Kentucky and Tennessee way use "y'all" as sort of a catch-all. I have, in fact, been personally called y'all...which may or may not mean they think I have multiple personalities.

alouette_sparra September 26 2008, 19:26:55 UTC

Go figure. In Delaware and Arkansas, I've never heard the singular "y'all". :P Curse you, regionalisms! (For some reason, my Texan friends are divided on the issue.)

m_buggie September 26 2008, 21:47:37 UTC

Because, you know, people don't have enough problems in understanding each other...

redheadaholic September 27 2008, 01:11:54 UTC

*west Texas & Wyoming roots showing*

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