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Old Sep 2, 2013 | 2:22 am
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Originally Posted by Sopwith
Speaking of foreign languages, as a Canadian it took me three thrips to ATL to figure out that "y'all", which I had understood to be a contraction of "you all", was actually often used in the singular: as in one person greeting another, "How're y'all doin' this mornin'?" The plural of "y'all" seems to be "all y'all", as in one person greeting several others: "How're all y'all doin' this mornin'?"
In Alabama, all y'all is typically used when speaking to a larger group of people, though many transplants will use y'all for groups of all sizes. Very rarely have I heard y'all being used when speaking to a single person.

Y'all is a term that those who've spent significant amounts of time in the US South seem to pick up and never really let go.

Uff da is both a useful and nice sounding phrase.
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