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Subject:Re: Redneck step of the day... From:Chris Morton <salt -dot- morton -at- gmail -dot- com> To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Thu, 17 Dec 2009 09:58:09 -0800
This thread reminds me of the time I gave a seminar in Richmond, VA, and
referred to the co-ed audience as "you guys." Boy, did I ever get lambasted
from one woman in attendance!
(I guess from my speech pattern that it was clearly evident I'm a Yankee.)
On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 9:50 AM, <Brian -dot- Henderson -at- mitchell1 -dot- com> wrote:
> Yous all...?!
>
> What sort of backward, inbred part of Queens are you from?
> It's "yous"...and it's synonymous with "y'all"
> Sheesh! Doesn't anybody screen these people?
>
> Brian :>)
>
> (You probably say "all yous all" too...admit it.)
>
>
> -----Original Message----- From: David Barber
>
> I thought the plural of y'all was 'yous all'.
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