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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font><font> </font></font></span></p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font>From: </font><font><span><span name="Mike Morgan"></span></span></font><font><span><span name="Mike Morgan">David B Alexander <<a href="mailto:dbalexander2@gmail.com">dbalexander2@gmail.com</a>></span><span><a href="mailto:mwmbombay@gmail.com" target="_blank"></a></span></span></font><font><span><span name="Sandy Fleming"><span><span name="heatherrendall@tiscali.co.uk"><span><span></span></span></span><span></span></span></span><span></span></span></font><span><span name="Michael McCartin"><span><span name="M.-L. Lessing"><span><span name="Douglas Hinton"><span><span name="M.-L. Lessing"><span><span name="Douglas Hinton"><span><span name="M.-L. Lessing"><span><span></span></span></span><span></span></span></span><span></span></span></span><span></span></span></span><span></span></span></span><span></span></span></span><span></span></span><font><br>













      Subject: </font><span></span><span><span></span></span><span><span><span></span></span></span><span><span><span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span>Subject: Vocabulary
<br></span></span></span></span><br>I just received a copy of Alice's Adventures in Appalachian Wonderland. 
Looking to the vocabulary I noticed it uses the contraction y'all for 
you all rather then you'uns. There is no entry for us'uns although there
 is an entry for young'uns. This book is based on the West Virginia 
Appalachian dialect. Perhaps, that is different from the East Tennessee 
and Western North Carolina dialects I am familiar with. (Appalachian was
 probably distinct enough at one time to be a language, but lacked the 
political standing needed.)<br><br>
In Arkansas, where I now live, I have been surprised to hear longtime 
residents using "you'uns" instead of "y'all." Most Arkansans, even in 
the highland areas, say, "y'all."</span>
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My question: Isn't "y'all" a more recent borrowing into Appalachian? If 
we were to have a standard form of the language, wouldn't "you'uns" and 
the delightful "us'uns" be preferred?</span>
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