End of ADS-L Digest - 21 Oct 1995 to 22 Oct 1995

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There are 24 messages totalling 567 lines in this issue.



Topics of the day:



 1. y'all are crazy (2)

 2. statements spoken as if it were a question (7)

 3. statements with question intonation

 4. Question about "fixing to"

 5. y'all, youse, gyno-Americans (2)

 6. skraw/skring (5)

 7. Drawrings (2)

 8. ADS-L session at M/MLA (2)

 9. "Valley Girl talk"

 10. Testosto-thoughts



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Date:  Sun, 22 Oct 1995 23:06:46 -0600

From:  Katherine Catmull <kate[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]BGA.COM>

Subject: Re: y'all are crazy



At 10:17 PM 10/22/95 -0400, James C Stalker wrote:

>I recognized y'all all as a normal part of my

>native paradigm. It occurs under full, emphatic stress. It occurs in contexts

>such as "Are yall ALL going?" with some incredulity. "I can't believe that all

>of you are going."



I would also use it in situations where "all y'all" might do as well.

"Y'all _all_ don't need to come to the store with me--just someone to help

carry the packages." I agree that the "all" usually, maybe always, takes

some stress. Not sure there must be incredulity, but perhaps I'm splitting

hairs.



Kate Catmull          kate[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]bga.com