[TR] Mr. Macartney said "y'all" from way over in England

Wbeech wbeech at flash.net
Wed Jul 18 18:08:28 MDT 2012


Grew up in Virginia, 40 years now in Texas.   "All y'all" is the plural for
"Y'all"

 Bill

Sent from mobile Bill

On Jul 18, 2012, at 6:15 PM, "Cliff Hansen" <cliff_hansen at earthlink.net>
wrote:

> In the Virginia/North Carolina dialect in which I was once schooled, correct
grammar would be "all y'all."  Not sure that Texans make that distinction.
Natives of my current city of residence don't understand either case.
>
> Cliff
> Albuquerque, NM
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Fisher, Ed
> Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2012 10:34 AM
> To: triumphs at autox.team.net
> Subject: [TR] Mr. Macartney said "y'all" from way over in England
>
> John said, "There's an urgent need for as many Triumph posts as y'all can
> muster in the coming weeks for this corner of sleepy England."  That makes
my
> heart proud in Texas!  Good luck over there John, hubbub of almost any
variety
> will wither on the vine if we can just tolerate the brief frenzies.  Of
> course, here in the states we generate at least one hubbub per day if not
> hour, thinly veiled as news, but strangely, they have become some sort of a
> perverted entertainment source it would seem.  On a car note, my 1958 TR3A
is
> still waiting patiently for me to go in there and get started on it.  Sigh.
> Cars are far more patient than humans.
>
> Ed Fisher
> Dallas, Tx
>
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