PSA: It's "TOE" the line

Was he a Century Club member?
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Polar742 said:
I have Appalachian-American kinfolk. I was always taught all y'all is for 5 or more. Persons, not an aggregate total of teeth.
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I'm from the deep south, and I can assure you that, while yall always means more than one, it doesn't have to mean more than two. However, it can refer to non-present entities, which often leads to confusion amongst outsiders.

An example might be:
Flight instructor comes into the FBO while student is post-flighting.
Me: "How was it up there?"
He: "A little bumpy, but decent above 2,000'"
Me: "Yall up at Dothan today?"
He: "Naw, we were working on diversions around Marianna."
Me: "Oh, gotcha. Hey, I've been meaning to ask—how're your folks doing with all that flooding?"
He: "Aw, man... So Carl knows a fellow from Wausau runs a cleanup business on the side. I called him up, and he sent this kid down... laziest worker I've ever seen in my life. Two days and he hasn't even finished the living room. I'm fixing to call up a professional service for the sofa and beds, but that's gonna be at least four times what I was gonna pay."
Me: "Damn. Man, I didn't realize yall got hit that bad. That was all from the river swamp?"
He: "Well, it was a scary couple days. All yall up in the sand hills wouldn't have seen much, but we're in a clay basin down there, so when we get a lot of rain, ain't nowhere for it to go but up."
Me: "If you don't mind me asking, why on earth are they building 'em all out there?"
He: "Don't even get me started. Arvida went and—"

Sorry, got a little carried away there... hopefully that helps a little with a slightly-less-than-completely-artificial-example of the myriad uses of yall.

~Fox
I don't have any kin missing significant numbers of teeth in this enlightened age, I might add.
 
Cptnchia said:
I belong to this unit. Along with the Rats from VMI, we are the last two surviving combat units of the Confederate States Army still in existence.
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Don't forget the intrepid civil war re-enactors of the Alabama Division of the Army of Tennessee, of which thisfox is... er, was... a member~!

Corporal, 11th Florida, Company A, 1993-1997. ;p

(I meant to list the union company, as well, but I can't remember... DERP. I spent more time union than corn-fed, because the union side often had a numbers problem. On the right by files into line! March!)

~Fox
 
Acrofox said:
I'm from the deep south, and I can assure you that, while yall always means more than one, it doesn't have to mean more than two. However, it can refer to non-present entities, which often leads to confusion amongst outsiders.

An example might be:
Flight instructor comes into the FBO while student is post-flighting.
Me: "How was it up there?"
He: "A little bumpy, but decent above 2,000'"
Me: "Yall up at Dothan today?"
He: "Naw, we were working on diversions around Marianna."
Me: "Oh, gotcha. Hey, I've been meaning to ask—how're your folks doing with all that flooding?"
He: "Aw, man... So Carl knows a fellow from Wausau runs a cleanup business on the side. I called him up, and he sent this kid down... laziest worker I've ever seen in my life. Two days and he hasn't even finished the living room. I'm fixing to call up a professional service for the sofa and beds, but that's gonna be at least four times what I was gonna pay."
Me: "Damn. Man, I didn't realize yall got hit that bad. That was all from the river swamp?"
He: "Well, it was a scary couple days. All yall up in the sand hills wouldn't have seen much, but we're in a clay basin down there, so when we get a lot of rain, ain't nowhere for it to go but up."
Me: "If you don't mind me asking, why on earth are they building 'em all out there?"
He: "Don't even get me started. Arvida went and—"

Sorry, got a little carried away there... hopefully that helps a little with a slightly-less-than-completely-artificial-example of the myriad uses of yall.

~Fox
I don't have any kin missing significant numbers of teeth in this enlightened age, I might add.
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Totally understood.

Then again, several "reality"shows have subtitles even though they're speakin' 'Murkin
 
Cruise said:
Argh!!! I've been censored!!! I'm not paying for this silly website membership anymore!!!


:p
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A little birdie says that you might also want to be on the lookout for a random JC drug test coming down soon...

...and a JC test ain't nuttin' like a normal one.
 
Cptnchia said:
If you're from the North, you're either a carpet bagger, who is someone just passing through and taking advantage of fine Southern folk, or you're a Damn Yankee, who is someone who decided to settle in the South and tell us how you did it so much better up North.

Either way, you're not welcome. ;)
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Guilty on both counts. And unapologetic about it :-P

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Acrofox said:
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There's a subtle difference in meaning.

Yall = You and your collective: you and your company, you and your co-workers, you and your family, you and those in your car, etc.
All yall = You and those like you.
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Oh, like "Yous Guys" and "Alla Youses" in New York?
 
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