Y'all and No?

[Mark Odegard]

To my sensibility, the uncontracted 'you all', as in "I thank you all for
coming" is common in all forms of AmE (and not just "Suthron". Only when it
is contracted does it become noticeable.

English, I think, was a little rash in discarding 'ye'.

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