> > ahhh what's the plural of you-all, anyway? > > > > /-----------------------------------+-------------------------------------\ > > | Mr. Jan Allbright | UniSigma Engineering specializes | > > | Senior Tech. Officer | in InterNet connectivity. | > > | UniSigma Engineering | Mail and News servers | > > | 145 Bella Vista | Mosaic homepages | > > | Los Gatos, CA 95032 | Domain registration | > > \-----------------------------------+-------------------------------------/ > > > > I was in Texas recently. The plural is all you all. Really. > -- > James A. Brill Jr. \\ // Look at the sun sinkin' like a > jbrill@unlinfo.unl.edu \\ \\// // ship, ain't that just like my > University of Nebraska \\//\\// heart babe, when you kiss my > free-lance homo sapien \/ \/ lips. --Bob Dylan-- > In North Alabama, it's you's (sp?) all. Some do not make a distinction between the singular and plural. When shopping, instead of the clerk saying "Have a nice day" or something equally unfelt and untrue, the North Alabamians say "You come back", "You all come back", or "You's all come back". There doesn't seem to be a relationship between the number of shoppers and the response. Don't know if things are different where Joel lives. They're probably all boning up on German for the Mercedes plant. Does anyone know how to say "You all come back" in German? -Jim
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