Re: His/Her v. Their

[Kathleen MacDowell <kathleen -dot- eamd -at- gmail -dot- com>]

Dude/s is a bit more flexible--I've recently learned that y'all is plural.

Any idea what the singular is if y'all?

Kathleen

On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 10:06 AM, Cardimon, Craig <ccardimon -at- m-s-g -dot- com>wrote:

> Or perhaps the ubiquitous, "Dudes"
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> I've always been fond of "y'all" (singular) and "all y'all" (plural).
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> On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 10:44 AM, Cardimon, Craig <ccardimon -at- m-s-g -dot- com>
> wrote:
> > I greatly prefer "Youse Guys."
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