you all

[J. Eulenberg]

Isn't Leher Canadian, or have I confused the two?

Julia Niebuhr Eulenberg <eulenbrg at u.washington.edu>

On Sat, 24 Jan 2004, James C. Stalker wrote:

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> Jim Leher (Newshhour, Jan 22) made the following statement at the end of a
> discussion of political matter with Shields & Brooks.  "Thank you all, both."
>  Can we take this as a bit of evidence that the plurality of you all (yall) is
> weakening, or we just relegate it to politeness or a mistake?
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> Jim Stalker
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