Y'all, you all, or you guys?

[kelber at mindspring.com]

My husband grew up in Texas, but later his family moved around a lot. A couple of years ago, he encountered some drunken Texans in a bar, and they asked him to prove he was Texan by answering one question: What's the plural of "y'all?"  He passed the test easily. "All y'all."

Laura


-----Original Message-----
>From: Dave Monroe <against.the.dave at gmail.com>
>Sent: Jun 6, 2013 11:02 AM
>To: pynchon -l <pynchon-l at waste.org>
>Subject: Y'all, you all, or you guys?
>
>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2336660/Yall-you-guys-Dialect-maps-showcase-Americas-linguistic-divides.html
>
>You say tomato, I say soda. Or is it pop?
>
>http://web.ncsu.edu/abstract/science/you-say-tomato-i-say-soda-or-is-it-pop/
>
>Pop
>
>http://www.popvssoda.com/