Y'all, you all, or you guys?

[Ian Livingston]

Pop was Californian for all soda drinks when I was a kid in Merced, and it
seems to remain the universal referent outside of the Bakersfield area.


On Thu, Jun 6, 2013 at 9:04 AM, Bekah <bekah0176 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> At the tender age of 16 I moved from North Dakota where we said "pop" to
> California where everyone in this area said "coke."     The area around
> Bakersfield may be "in" California,  but it's "of" Oklahoma - not so much
> these days and "soda" has crept in - but not "pop."
>
> Bekah
>
>
> On Jun 6, 2013, at 8:21 AM, Ian Livingston <igrlivingston at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > 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"
> >
> >
> >
> > 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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