required plural marking in 2PP

[Gordon, Matthew J.]

Wilson's impression is supported empirically by Tillery, Wilke, and Bailey's (2000) study, "The Nationalization of a Southernism" in Journal of English Linguistics (a damn fine journal that you all should subscribe to and cite articles from in everything you publish).

Matt Gordon
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>From watching random tube, I get the impression that "you all" /
"you-all" is pretty much the standard plural of "you," in the States,
regardless of the speaker's race, creed, color, or sexual orientation.
It's just that, AFAIK, no one with sufficient academic credentials or
of sufficient social prominence has yet had the nerve to go on record
as having said so.

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