Southern 2nd-person plural double genitive

Jessie Emerson jessie at SIRSI.COM
Wed Oct 18 22:00:54 UTC 2000


----- Original Message -----
From: "Nancy Elliott"
Subject: Re: Southern 2nd-person plural double genitive


> And then there's "your-guyses," which I hear all the time...

Which makes me think:  "ya'll" is the only southern form I know ("southern"
being "highland southern" in my terminology).  I only hear "you all" in
Foghorn Leghorn cartoons (although I will admit that it may be present in
coastal southern).  Where is Jim Lehrer from?

I was always amused by my cousins in Indiana who said "you-uns" instead of
"ya'll."

Jessie Emerson



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