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From: phoogenb@liberty.uc.wlu.edu (Peter Hoogenboom)
Subject: Re: You, Youse, ...All Y'all
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Lee S. Bumgarner (bumgarls@falcon.jmu.edu) wrote:
: Hmmm. Maybe we need a soc.culture.usa.southern?
: Now THAT RFD would be interesting. Anyway, given that I come from a place
: where people use "Y'all" all the time (Southside VA) I can talk little
: bit about this.

: People use the term fall more than the above would suggest. The farther
: North you go, the less the use it. It is not used in the singular very
: often, at least AFAIK. 

"Fall more"?  Is this a typo, or another regional variant?  I would have 
said "far more".

Peter

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