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Re: Wish me luck!
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lugnet.people
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Tue, 20 Mar 2001 21:54:33 GMT
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I must confess, I use y'all regularly (and get mocked for it) Interestingly
enough, I've lived in Michigan all my life; nowhere close to the Mason-Dixon
line. And my parents are immigrants from Europe, so why do I say Y'all and
refer to good people as Sir and Ma'am all the time? There's no good reason.
Markus
In lugnet.people, James Trobaugh writes:
> In lugnet.people, Shiri Dori writes:
> <snip>
> > Y'all (2) take care while I'm gone,
> > -Shiri
> > (2) Ugh! Tell me I'm not becoming a hick! ;-)
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> A hick!!! Let me tell you something, "y'all" is in the vocabulary of every
> fine southern lady, not just the toothless hillbillies. :)
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> Now of course you living up in "yankee" country I thought you were supposed
> to say "youze guys" ;)
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> jt
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> ------
> James J. Trobaugh
> North Georgia LEGO Train Club
> http://www.ngltc.org
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| (...) Hehe..I'm from Seattle (now in Ohio) and I say Ya'll.... of course I have a friend from Texas and I have a tendency to pick up on other people's accents without trying. Usually it isn't bad but when a guy from Seattle spends two weeks around (...) (23 years ago, 21-Mar-01, to lugnet.people)
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| In lugnet.people, Shiri Dori writes: <snip> (...) A hick!!! Let me tell you something, "y'all" is in the vocabulary of every fine southern lady, not just the toothless hillbillies. :) Now of course you living up in "yankee" country I thought you (...) (23 years ago, 20-Mar-01, to lugnet.people)
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