Y'all, you all, or you guys?

[Ian Livingston]

I once asked for pop in upstate NY, and got a blank stare. Being from west
of the Appalachians, I was at a loss for how to ask. When I finally
stuttered out soda pop, the guy suddenly got it that I was asking where in
the store to find the sodas.


On Thu, Jun 6, 2013 at 8:15 AM, Ian Livingston <igrlivingston at gmail.com>wrote:

> In Missouri it's "you 'uns"
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> 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
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>>
>> -----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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