[TriLUG] Lunch Friday?

Brian Henning lugmail at cheetah.dynip.com
Thu Feb 23 00:42:54 EST 2006


Time for me to pipe up...

> Poser.   He's not "southern" he's "redneck".
How accurately observed.  A Southerner will have an accent, but what he says
will be grammatically correct (within acceptable margin of error) and quite
possibly intelligent.  A Redneck will have a similar accent, but what he
says is likely to be grammatically horrifying and carry little literary
value.

Before anyone jumps down my throat about bigotry, let me clarify that this
is intentionally focusing on the use of "redneck" as a derogatory term.  I'm
not talking about who fits into the description, but the description itself.


>
> > According to Foxworthy, "all y'all" is plural and "all y'all's"
> is plural
> > posessive.
>
> There's absolutely no need for "all y'all" since "y'all" is NEVER EVER
> singular.  It is always plural.

A-MEN!*  heh.  And for the love of Pete (though I don't believe I've seen
anyone make this mistake in this thread, I just mention it as a pet peeve of
mine) it's y'all, and not ya'll.  You + all.  Not ya + all.

* Actually there is a use for "all y'all," just as there is a use for "all
of you."  It's used to indicate an entire collection versus a subset.  Such
as, "y'all over there can carry your luggage, y'all over here can check
yours, but all y'all are gonna have to take your shoes off."

Heh.  Now back to translation lookaside buffer simulators...

~B

>
> > That's good enough for me.
>
> See my earlier comment, re: "poser".
>
> Cheers,
> Tanner
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