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09/17/07 13:57
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 		 #144700 - Y'all is NOT plural
Responding to: ???'s previous message
I am quite often addressed with Y'all in the more rural [parts of the south.

Erik

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Wednesday Poll            01/01/70 00:00      
   Hey            01/01/70 00:00      
      Re: Hey            01/01/70 00:00      
      Hey yourself            01/01/70 00:00      
      FYI: anthropomorphic metaphor            01/01/70 00:00      
         isn't a metaphor inherently anthropomorphic?            01/01/70 00:00      
            No.            01/01/70 00:00      
            Quite the opposite            01/01/70 00:00      
               E.L.O.            01/01/70 00:00      
   I vote to make it clear            01/01/70 00:00      
   Communicate as best you can            01/01/70 00:00      
   it's the other way round            01/01/70 00:00      
      not your problem as much as some            01/01/70 00:00      
      Online Dictionary recommendation            01/01/70 00:00      
         troubles with dictionaries            01/01/70 00:00      
            Indubitably            01/01/70 00:00      
   Please no >dumbing it down<...            01/01/70 00:00      
      Steve's English            01/01/70 00:00      
         Hmm            01/01/70 00:00      
         Dumbing Down            01/01/70 00:00      
            Well said            01/01/70 00:00      
               Historically...            01/01/70 00:00      
            Latest version            01/01/70 00:00      
               one might try FIREFOX            01/01/70 00:00      
                  ... or any other program with a spellchecker...            01/01/70 00:00      
                     Quite right, too!            01/01/70 00:00      
                        OK, I'll try to remember it ...            01/01/70 00:00      
                     Spell checker            01/01/70 00:00      
                     You get what you pay for ...            01/01/70 00:00      
                     firefox            01/01/70 00:00      
                  except for ...            01/01/70 00:00      
                     There are often reasons ...            01/01/70 00:00      
                        No exceptions            01/01/70 00:00      
                           SO, how would you do it?            01/01/70 00:00      
                              thusly            01/01/70 00:00      
                                 Eh?            01/01/70 00:00      
                                    Example            01/01/70 00:00      
                                       Not a plural of a contraction, ...            01/01/70 00:00      
                                          Joke            01/01/70 00:00      
                                             Joke            01/01/70 00:00      
                                                I had no problem with understanding...            01/01/70 00:00      
                                                   Consonant hog            01/01/70 00:00      
                                                Y'all is NOT plural            01/01/70 00:00      
                                          re: not a plural            01/01/70 00:00      
                                             One thing I've always wanted to know            01/01/70 00:00      
                                                It's kind of like porridge ...            01/01/70 00:00      
                                                ..the hell            01/01/70 00:00      
                                                   What's a grit?            01/01/70 00:00      
                                    Contraction            01/01/70 00:00      
                                       What? What? Is somebody in labor?            01/01/70 00:00      
                                          the problem with rules ...            01/01/70 00:00      
                                             future shock            01/01/70 00:00      
                                                Well, that's what I get for trying be serious            01/01/70 00:00      
                                                   Irony of life            01/01/70 00:00      
                                                      Confucious he says...            01/01/70 00:00      
                                                      Whiskers            01/01/70 00:00      
                                                      Imagine            01/01/70 00:00      
                                                         RE: Imagine            01/01/70 00:00      
                                 re: Thusly            01/01/70 00:00      
                                    Never say "never".            01/01/70 00:00      
                                    Plurals' possessions?            01/01/70 00:00      
                                       Possessives of plurals            01/01/70 00:00      
               Beta version?            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Middle English. is dead easy, ....            01/01/70 00:00      
                  That was...            01/01/70 00:00      
      besides 8051            01/01/70 00:00      
   Isn\'t it amazing            01/01/70 00:00      
      Gallup we ain't            01/01/70 00:00      
         It is for the benefit of non-native English users            01/01/70 00:00      
            Try            01/01/70 00:00      
   practise?            01/01/70 00:00      
      Practice            01/01/70 00:00      
         Thanks.            01/01/70 00:00      
      Firefox isn't always right ...            01/01/70 00:00      

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