I apologize for flooding the list by a gross error must be noted: Part of Canada is SOUTH of Detroit.
Thanks for your patience. Don On Thu, 2007-15-03 at 12:02 -0400, Robert G. Brown wrote: > On Wed, 14 Mar 2007, Greg Lindahl wrote: > > > On Wed, Mar 14, 2007 at 07:39:03PM -0400, Mark Hahn wrote: > > > >>> When curmudgeonly addressing everyone, you want the super-plural, > >>> "all y'all". > >> > >> I thought it was "all yunz" - curmudgeons don't alliterate ;) > > > > Robert is in the South, "all youse guys" is a Northeast super-plural. > > Robert is even from the south -- born a mere 20 miles from where I sit. > The fact that my parents are midwestern, we moved to upstate NY when I > was 9 weeks old, and I lived in India and Northern Virginia (which > doesn't really qualify for "the South" any more) before returning to my > native home means that my base accent is nearly perfect middle american > english, but hey, 34 years in Durham and I can speak southern right > fine. > > And Greg is quite right -- to be properly curmudgeonish I prob'ly should > of used all y'all, y'all. Note how that one was sheepish, not > curmudgeonoid. > > So what would be the appropriate forms for addressing a large group in > CA? My knowledge of canadenglish is limited to experiences in the > immediate Detroit area (due south of Canada, as it were) and the movie > Strange Brew, eh, beauty? > > rgb > > > > > -- greg, raised by Yankees in South Carolina > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org > > To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit > > http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf > > > -- Melting rocks today for a better tomorrow . . . Don R. Baker, Professor of Geochemistry, Earth and Planetary Sciences, McGill University, Montreal, QC CANADA phone: 1-514-398-7485 _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
