singular y'all

[Hillary Brown]

Yes. "All y'all" means "all of you," as opposed to a smaller group, which
could be meant by a mere "y'all."

hb

On 9/28/06, Charles Doyle <cdoyle at uga.edu> wrote:
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> "All of you all" is perfectly normal "Southern"--as "all y'all" would be
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> --Charlie
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> >From: "Philip E. Cleary" <philipcleary at RCN.COM>
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> >I recently attended an event at which the speaker, a Texan, said that he
> wanted to welcome "all of you all."
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> >Phil Cleary
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