Date:  Thu, 19 Oct 1995 19:37:38 -0400

From:  Benjamin Barrett <Gogaku[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]GNN.COM>

Subject: y'all, singular usage?



Forwarding this query on the singular usage of y'all I got from the Linguist

List.



yoroshiku

Benjamin Barrett



>Date: Thu, 19 Oct 1995 10:15:19 EDT

>From: jeepjm[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]muohio.edu (John M. Jeep)

>Subject: Y'all



>Believe it or not, the second person pronoun 'y'all' is a hot topic on

>MEDTEXTL, evolving from a discussion of second person pronouns and their

>usage in Medieval English, French, modern German, etc. The question is

>whether 'y'all' is used for the singular. We have heard strong voices on

>both sides of the question, ranging from witness accounts of having heard

>it recently to experienced speakers never having heard it. Is there a

>reliable account of the phenomenom or is anyone working on it these days?

>

>Thanks for any responses. I'll be glad to summarize later.

>

>John M. Jeep

>jeepjm[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]muohio.edu

>Department of German, Russian, and East Asian Languages

>Miami University

>Oxford, Ohio 45056

>(Tel.) 513 529-1821 - (Fax.) 513 529-1807

>

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