you all

[Dave Wilton]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: American Dialect Society [mailto:ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU]On Behalf
> Of Beverly Flanigan
> Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2004 10:23 AM
> To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> Subject: Re: you all
>
>
> I heard Lehrer say this the other night too, and I took it pretty much as
> Matt said--a formulaic response with a self-repair added on since there
> were only two addressees.  And Lehrer is a Texan, not a Canadian!  Peter
> Jennings is the Canadian now American.

Yes, Lehrer is a Texan. Robert MacNeil, his one-time partner on the
NewsHour, is Canadian.

--Dave Wilton
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