Date: Sun, 8 May 1994 16:26:59 -0500

From: Daniel S Goodman dsg[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MAROON.TC.UMN.EDU

Subject: Re: y'all



On Sun, 8 May 1994, Rudy Troike wrote:



Yes, I did suggest back in January that a "polite y'all" might be

developing parallel to the original shift of "you" from plural to polite

singular. An example of Sapir's "drift"?

--Rudy Troike (rtroike[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]ccit.arizona.edu)



So eventually "all y'all" will be the singular? And then whatever evolves

as the plural form of "all y'all" will become the singular?



Dan Goodman dsg[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]maroon.tc.umn.edu