Y'all, you all, or you guys?

[Ian Livingston]

In Missouri it's "you 'uns"



On Thu, Jun 6, 2013 at 8:14 AM, <kelber at mindspring.com> wrote:

> 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/
>
>
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