singular y'all

Fri Sep 29 20:05:37 UTC 2006

'Guys' is also gender neutral in many instances.

>>> foxfoot at YAHOO.COM 9/29/2006 7:57:25 AM >>>
I find myself using y'all more and more to address a
collective because it is nicely gender-neutral:
Struggling against the "guys" collective label I
inherited.

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> The Three Stooges line also appears to be a good
> example of Hollywood's
> psuedodialectal use of singular "y'all"
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> >And the Three Stooges in this line from "Uncivil
> War Birds - 1946"
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> >"Brother, you-all ejaculated a mouthful."
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