"Who-all" and "what-all"

[Page Stephens]

Wilson,

When the game was over did you call ally ally outs in free like we did in
southern Illinois?

Page Stephens

----- Original Message -----
From: "Wilson Gray" <hwgray at EARTHLINK.NET>
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Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2004 10:40 PM
Subject: Re: "Who-all" and "what-all"


>
> In a version of hide-and-seek/hide-and-go-seek, "it" shouts, "Who-all
> ain't hid, holler 'eyeball'!" Clearly, *all* the people who haven't
> hidden are expected to respond to respond, as is obvious to anyone from
> other versions, "Everybody ain't hid, say 'aye'!" and "All that ain't
> hid, holler 'aye'!" These versions are from Cairo, IL; Saint Louis, MO;
> and Marshall, TX, respectively, and all are versions played by black
> children.
>
> -Wilson Gray
>
> >