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From: clifto@indep1.chi.il.us (Clifton T. Sharp)
Subject: Re: You, Youse, ...All Y'all
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Date: Tue, 13 Feb 1996 19:39:51 GMT
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In article <4fmbci$706@freenet3.scri.fsu.edu> gayleh@freenet3.scri.fsu.edu (Gayle Harrison) writes:
>I'm a southerner.  I've NEVER heard a southerner (except on a tv show
>written by a yankee) use "y'all" when speaking to one person without
>implying that others are involved somehow.  For instance, I might ask

Which STILL leaves me curious as to the singular usage, "How are y'all
doing today?", which I've seen used repeatedly from one person to one
other.

(I'm a sort-of-a-Southerner; I spent my childhood years in New Orleans,
where my parents were raised.)

-- 
   Cliff Sharp                  There are days when no matter which
     WA9PDM                      way you spit, it's upwind.
  clifto@indep1.chi.il.us       --The First Law of Reality
