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

Cliff Hansen cliff_hansen at earthlink.net
Wed Jul 18 19:25:21 MDT 2012


My point exactly.

All y'all have a great evening now.

Cliff


-----Original Message----- 
From: Wbeech
Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2012 6:08 PM
To: Cliff Hansen
Cc: <triumphs at autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [TR] Mr. Macartney said "y'all" from way over in England

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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