y'all

[Alai]

On 4/22/07, Darla Wells <dlw3208 at louisiana.edu> wrote:
> I was taught that y'all is never singular and that anyone who uses it as
> singular is trying to counterfeit a southern accent. That was according to my
> grandmother in north Louisiana in the 60's, so times may have changed.
> Darla

They certainly haven't changed for this (Southeastern) Louisianian
learning such in the late 80s -- never have I used "y'all" (or "you
all") in the singular, though I have heard it from obviously
non-Southern tourists.

Alainna

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