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Subject: second person plural
From: Bethany Keeley <blk4 at calvin_edu>
Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2002 12:22:56 -0500
CC: over-the-rhine at actwin_com
References: <20020103171021.76264.qmail at web11505_mail.yahoo.com>



> --- David Armstrong <darmstrong at raygroup_com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > "...the English language needs a clearly
> > identifiable second-person-plural pronoun,..."
> >
> > needs? come on now. surely you jest.

to which Kelvin responded:

>
>
> That's why God made "You Guys".
>
> k
>

but Ya'll (or my own midwest version, youall) is non-gender-specific.
"You guys" can sometimes be interpreted that way.

just making trouble
Bethany
--
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"and the stories in my pockets are the best I've ever lived" -Sarah
Masen


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