'what everything' hypercorrection

Fri Aug 4 02:23:13 UTC 2006

On Aug 3, 2006, at 6:21 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:

> Isn't it also the case that expressions like "who-all" and "what
> all" are
> basically considered to be countrified? When I hear, e.g. "I don't
> know what
> all ..." Andy Griffith springs to mind.

Damien Hall and i were taking that for granted: "who all" and "what
all" are heard as colloquial/regional, and so can be "improved" by
the replacement of "all".

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