Y’all typically is used when speaking to more than one person. In my experience only non-Southerners use it otherwise. (Roy Blount Jr. explains it better than me.)
True, pscheaerer, it’s certainly acceptable in the colloquial lingo. Good point! Similarly, pcolli, I didn’t read it as for one or more, but you are right, it can read that way. Sorta like an “Abandon hope all y’all who enter here” sign over a joint which refuses to serve American beer?
Linux0s about 11 years ago
…and y’all are screwed.
jack fairbanks about 11 years ago
damned yankee compass!
TheVernalPool about 11 years ago
just follow the sound of banjos
Homeward Premium Member about 11 years ago
Y’all typically is used when speaking to more than one person. In my experience only non-Southerners use it otherwise. (Roy Blount Jr. explains it better than me.)
rockngolfer about 11 years ago
My father, who was from Rhode Island, used to call those orange and silver rental trailers Y’all Hauls.
ScubaHawk about 11 years ago
Can’t be Louisiana or it would have said vous êtes ici
Homeward Premium Member almost 11 years ago
True, pscheaerer, it’s certainly acceptable in the colloquial lingo. Good point! Similarly, pcolli, I didn’t read it as for one or more, but you are right, it can read that way. Sorta like an “Abandon hope all y’all who enter here” sign over a joint which refuses to serve American beer?