singular "y'all"

Charles Doyle cdoyle at UGA.EDU
Thu Sep 28 17:30:09 UTC 2006


I've always heard it in a fuller form: "Roses are red, violets are blue; / I'm schizophrenic, and so am I."

--Charlie
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---- Original message ----
>Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2006 08:53:03 -0700
>From: Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at YAHOO.COM>
>Subject: Re: singular "y'all"
>To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
>
>Like the T-shirt that says,
>
>  "I'm Schizophrenic
>  And So Am I"
>
>  (I first heard this line in 1968 or '69, read it recently.)
>
>  JL

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