second-person pronouns redux

[Beth Lee Simon]

Former Texas Governor Richards would begin her speeches at large public
gatherings by addressing the entire audience with, "How're you? How's your mom
'n 'em?"

"A. Maberry" wrote:

> 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