"Who-all" and "what-all"
Charlotte Pass
CPASS234 at AOL.COM
Thu Jul 29 17:09:38 UTC 2004
As a native Southerner who grew up in the foothills of the Appalachians, I
certainly recognize (and often use) "who-all," "what-all" and "where-all". My
extended family members have utilized these words as long as I can remember.
It gets really tricky trying to transcribe interviews with some of them
because of sentences such as, "So, where all're youins goin' to?" Most of the
usage is limited to questioning or to restatements of questions. Ex. - He
asked us whereall we'd been. With regard to the status of the hyphen, I must
admit that I've never seen these words in written form. In my "neck of the
woods" we limit their usage to oral exchanges. I would be curious to hear what
others have to say about these words as well.
Charlotte L. Pass
The University of Alabama
College of Education
Secondary Education Curriculum, Teaching, and Learning
204 Graves Hall
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487
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