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From: oyster@uwmacc.UUCP (Vicious Oyster)
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Subject: Re: Second Person Plural Pronoun
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Date: Mon, 26-Aug-85 13:34:03 EDT
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In article <209@unc.unc.UUCP> goodrum@unc.UUCP (Cloyd Goodrum) writes:
>Rick Lindsley writes:
>>why doesn't English have a plural second person?
>	It does--"Ya'll". You must be from up north. :-)
>>
>>Rick Lindsley

   Or the possessive plural second person form (from my stint in San Antonio):
     Y'allses' (YAWL-ziz) -- as in "After downing fajitas and margeritas, we'll
stop by y'allses' place for bunuelos and Lone Star."
 
- joel "vo" plutchak
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