singular y'all

[Charles Doyle]

"All of you all" is perfectly normal "Southern"--as "all y'all" would be too!

--Charlie
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---- Original message ----
>Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2006 14:56:48 -0400
>From: "Philip E. Cleary" <philipcleary at RCN.COM>
>Subject: Re: singular y'all
>To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
>
>I recently attended an event at which the speaker, a Texan, said that he wanted to welcome "all of you all."
>
>Phil Cleary

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