Comments on: Rossmiller gets help with “y’all” http://www.folo.us/2008/03/04/rossmiller-gets-help-with-yall/ Sat, 21 Mar 2009 17:40:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Y’all Really Shouldn’t Throw a Primary When I Have So Much Work to Do http://www.folo.us/2008/03/04/rossmiller-gets-help-with-yall/#comment-10264 Y’all Really Shouldn’t Throw a Primary When I Have So Much Work to Do Wed, 05 Mar 2008 18:30:27 +0000 http://www.folo.us/2008/03/04/rossmiller-gets-help-with-yall/#comment-10264 [...] to folo and Rossmiller for so vigorously discussing the second person plural pronoun, [...] [...] to folo and Rossmiller for so vigorously discussing the second person plural pronoun, [...]

]]> By: Curly http://www.folo.us/2008/03/04/rossmiller-gets-help-with-yall/#comment-10209 Curly Wed, 05 Mar 2008 03:57:07 +0000 http://www.folo.us/2008/03/04/rossmiller-gets-help-with-yall/#comment-10209 Alan @ YallPolitics may be an infiltrator if he is the same Alan Lange living in Norfolk, VA ... NOT CREDIBLE HERE IN THE DEEEEP SOUTH. Y'all is a very specific and well defined term down here. Alan @ YallPolitics may be an infiltrator if he is the same Alan Lange living in Norfolk, VA … NOT CREDIBLE HERE IN THE DEEEEP SOUTH. Y’all is a very specific and well defined term down here.

]]> By: MSlawyer http://www.folo.us/2008/03/04/rossmiller-gets-help-with-yall/#comment-10186 MSlawyer Wed, 05 Mar 2008 01:19:16 +0000 http://www.folo.us/2008/03/04/rossmiller-gets-help-with-yall/#comment-10186 Yep, Curly -- fat or pregnant, one or the other. Yep, Curly — fat or pregnant, one or the other.

]]> By: Curly http://www.folo.us/2008/03/04/rossmiller-gets-help-with-yall/#comment-10178 Curly Wed, 05 Mar 2008 00:50:29 +0000 http://www.folo.us/2008/03/04/rossmiller-gets-help-with-yall/#comment-10178 Likewise, if someone came up to my wife and referred to her as y'all in the singular, her first question would be "are you calling me fat???" Likewise, if someone came up to my wife and referred to her as y’all in the singular, her first question would be “are you calling me fat???”

]]> By: SameOlGrind http://www.folo.us/2008/03/04/rossmiller-gets-help-with-yall/#comment-10173 SameOlGrind Wed, 05 Mar 2008 00:03:04 +0000 http://www.folo.us/2008/03/04/rossmiller-gets-help-with-yall/#comment-10173 I never thought that I'd see a group of "us" (Southerners) arguing amongst each other over the use of y'all. If my granmama only knew...Everybody should know that y'all and grits are always plural. I never thought that I’d see a group of “us” (Southerners) arguing amongst each other over the use of y’all. If my granmama only knew…Everybody should know that y’all and grits are always plural.

]]> By: DeltaNative http://www.folo.us/2008/03/04/rossmiller-gets-help-with-yall/#comment-10172 DeltaNative Wed, 05 Mar 2008 00:00:30 +0000 http://www.folo.us/2008/03/04/rossmiller-gets-help-with-yall/#comment-10172 Y'all can buy that hat in the gift shop near the Delta (no pun intended) ticket counter at lovely Jackson International Airport. Y’all can buy that hat in the gift shop near the Delta (no pun intended) ticket counter at lovely Jackson International Airport.

]]> By: lotus http://www.folo.us/2008/03/04/rossmiller-gets-help-with-yall/#comment-10160 lotus Tue, 04 Mar 2008 23:24:01 +0000 http://www.folo.us/2008/03/04/rossmiller-gets-help-with-yall/#comment-10160 <em>Y'all can be used in the singular or plural with indiscriminate abandon.</em> Heh, Alan. Sho nuff, if you don't mind your y'all-singular making some of us look at you funny. Y’all can be used in the singular or plural with indiscriminate abandon.

Heh, Alan. Sho nuff, if you don’t mind your y’all-singular making some of us look at you funny.

]]> By: Curly http://www.folo.us/2008/03/04/rossmiller-gets-help-with-yall/#comment-10159 Curly Tue, 04 Mar 2008 23:22:20 +0000 http://www.folo.us/2008/03/04/rossmiller-gets-help-with-yall/#comment-10159 If someone came up to me and referred to me as "y'all" in the singular, I would immediately know that "y'all" ain't from around here." If someone came up to me and referred to me as “y’all” in the singular, I would immediately know that “y’all” ain’t from around here.”

]]> By: Alan @ Y'allPolitics http://www.folo.us/2008/03/04/rossmiller-gets-help-with-yall/#comment-10157 Alan @ Y'allPolitics Tue, 04 Mar 2008 23:11:13 +0000 http://www.folo.us/2008/03/04/rossmiller-gets-help-with-yall/#comment-10157 I think I may actually have a little bit of authority on this matter. Y'all oughta know that y'all has the apostrophe after the Y. It's just the way it is. You'll see the ya'll version a lot in Texas or Virginia (truly outlying areas of the South). But in the context of being spoken in Mississippi, it's y'all. Y'all can be used in the singular or plural with indiscriminate abandon. I think I may actually have a little bit of authority on this matter. Y’all oughta know that y’all has the apostrophe after the Y. It’s just the way it is. You’ll see the ya’ll version a lot in Texas or Virginia (truly outlying areas of the South). But in the context of being spoken in Mississippi, it’s y’all.

Y’all can be used in the singular or plural with indiscriminate abandon.

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