Yee ha!

corinthum kakearney at comcast.net
Mon Feb 14 04:51:30 UTC 2005


--- In HPFGU-Catalogue at yahoogroups.com, "Jen Reese" <stevejjen at e...>
wrote:
> 
> 
> Carolyn:
> > > Ahem, this will be why you have
> > > 
> > > Y'all - the Magazine of Southern People, then?
> > > 
> > > and the Miriam Webster online American dictionary's listing says:
> > > 
> > > Main Entry: y'all 
> > > Pronunciation: 'yol'
> > > variant of YOU-ALL 
> 
> 
> 
> Kelly: 
> > Okay, so I can't spell it.  :)  But regardless of what dictionaries
> > say, around here, y'all is definitely used to address a single 
> person.
> > 
> > -Kelly, determined to stay as northern as possible, despite current
> > location.
> 
> 
> Jen: Where are you at the moment, Kelly? I didn't notice Carolyn's 
> spelling. I've never seen it written as y'all to be quite honest, or 
> knew there was a difference between addressing a single person or 
> group. 'Cause if you're addressing a single person you just 
> say 'you'. 

I'm in Mississippi, on the Gulf Coast.  








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