and the plural of "y'all" is "all y'all" :-) > ---------- > From: Gabe Turner[SMTP:gabe at msi.umn.edu] > Reply To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > Sent: Friday, November 02, 2001 8:00 AM > To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > Subject: Re: [TCLUG] Linux Partitions > > > I personally think "y'all" is a useful linguistic construct, which > > otherwise is lacking from the English language. the German 'ihr' means > > roughly the same thing as "y'all", and they use it quite a bit. > > I fail to see why English should lack a good term for "all of you", > > when other languages have it. > > English does have a term for 'all of you': 'you'. 'You' is both plural and > singular, depending on the context it's used in. 'ihr' auf Englisch is > 'you'. Just playing the devil's advocate here :) I personally prefer > 'y'all' as well. Although, it sounds strange when said out loud, IMO. > > Gabe > -- > Gabe Turner gabe at msi.umn.edu > SGI Origin Systems Administrator, > University of Minnesota Supercomputing Institute > for Digital Simulation and Advanced Computation www.msi.umn.edu > _______________________________________________ > Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >