Date:  Sun, 8 May 1994 11:36:34 -0700

From:  Rudy Troike <RTROIKE[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]ARIZVMS.BITNET>

Subject: Re: y'all



Larry,

    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)