second-person pronouns redux

[A. Maberry]

On Wed, 1 Mar 2000, Peter Richardson wrote:

> We could extend this to third-person pronouns as well. I know many people
> around Monkey Run, Arkansas (also known as Pilgrim's Rest--near Cotter and
> Flippin, if you've got your maps out) who will refer to two people,
> usually a married couple, as "X and them": "When are Joyce and them [Joyce
> and her husband Francis] coming over?"

I know of, and in fact am descended from people who used the same locution
the same way in Oregon. I don't recall it being restricted to two people
however--it could equally apply to the entire family, Joyce, husband and
their kids.

Allen
maberry at u.washington.edu