Southern 2nd-person plural double genitive

[Dennis R. Preston]

Jessie,

Nope. If y'all had had cousins from Southern Indiana you would have heard
you-all (not y'all, which we thought was "southern"). And we wasn't no
Foghorn Leghorns neither.

dInIs

>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Nancy Elliott"
>Subject: Re: Southern 2nd-person plural double genitive
>
>
>> And then there's "your-guyses," which I hear all the time...
>
>Which makes me think:  "ya'll" is the only southern form I know ("southern"
>being "highland southern" in my terminology).  I only hear "you all" in
>Foghorn Leghorn cartoons (although I will admit that it may be present in
>coastal southern).  Where is Jim Lehrer from?
>
>I was always amused by my cousins in Indiana who said "you-uns" instead of
>"ya'll."
>
>Jessie Emerson


Dennis R. Preston
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