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)