Singular "yez"?

[Wilson Gray]

On Dec 11, 2004, at 11:25 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:

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> Conversation between two college wymyn, newly arrived at a dorm, 1976:
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> "Where are you from?"
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> "Baton Rouge."
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> "Y'all from Louisiana???  Well, so am I ! !"
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> JL
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Amazing!  But what can you do? Thang kyew to bofa yaw'.

-Wilson

> "Bethany K. Dumas" <dumasb at UTKUX.UTCC.UTK.EDU> wrote:
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> On Fri, 10 Dec 2004, Wilson Gray wrote:
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>> Can someone supply some examples in which a genuine Southern-speaker
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>> a BE speaker uses "y'all"/"you-all" as a singular? I've heard and read
>> since the '40's, at least that, y'all/you-all can be used as a
>> second-person singular. I have never heard such a use from any white
>> Southerners or from any black person. But I'm willing to grant that
>> that could be mere happenstance.
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> I have heard it and know others who have heard it in the Knoxville, TN
> area. One example is from a medical office - receptionist says to
> patient, "y'all come back."
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> Bethany
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