Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/04/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 12:28 PM 4/18/00 -0400, Martin Howard wrote: >Dan Post jotted down the following: >> >> Dan (Honey! would y'all git me a fresh straw fer mah mint julep? Thisun's >> all soppy!) Post >> > >Hmm, I thought "y'all" was the _plural_ second person pronoun... ;) > >M. Here we go folks, Merriam Webster's final word! Main Entry: y'all Pronunciation: 'yol variant ofYOU-ALL Main Entry: you-all Pronunciation: yü-'ol, 'yü-"; 'yol Function: pronoun Date: 1824 chiefly Southern : YOU -- usually used in addressing two or more persons or sometimes one person as representing also another or others Jim