Date: Fri, 20 Jan 1995 16:51:04 -0600
From: Natalie Maynor maynor[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]RA.MSSTATE.EDU
Subject: Re: 2 pl
BTW: "Y'all" may be short for "you all" but "you all" is never used by any
self-respecting Southerner.
Oh dear. I use "you all" as often as I use "y'all." Always have. Probably
always will.
Ugly question: How much effect does television have on our dialect?
Probably none at all except in vocabulary.
--Natalie (maynor[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]ra.msstate.edu)