The rules of y'all
Nov. 11th, 2005 04:01 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pensnestCould a kind person who knows and who isn't currently running around in small circles as a result of getting the SeSa assignment, take a moment to explain to me whether there are any subtleties this English ficwriter wouldn't know about regarding the use of "y'all"?
Is it, purely and simply, used anywhere that 'you' is plural? Are there times when Lance would say 'you' instead? Is it fairly informal, or absolutely standard? What about "yours" - does that always become, er, "y'all's"? And do all members of Nsync use it, or can that be variable? (I don't 'hear' Chris saying it, but maybe he does.)
Probably a silly question. But that little word (I wish we used it, or its equivalent) is so telling.
Is it, purely and simply, used anywhere that 'you' is plural? Are there times when Lance would say 'you' instead? Is it fairly informal, or absolutely standard? What about "yours" - does that always become, er, "y'all's"? And do all members of Nsync use it, or can that be variable? (I don't 'hear' Chris saying it, but maybe he does.)
Probably a silly question. But that little word (I wish we used it, or its equivalent) is so telling.
