> On 7/31/06, Gerhard Fiedler wrote: > > (This notwithstanding the Southern US idiom "y'all" -- which > > seems to be rarely used here and I'm not sure would be generally called > > "English" anyway :) > > Technically "y'all" is not plural either. "all y'all" is the plural. > "y'all" sits in a very odd position, and is somewhat like "we" in that > way. "Y'all" is very much like the German word "sie" (2nd person plural) and "Sie" (2nd person singular polite). -- D. Jay Newman ! Author of: jay@sprucegrove.com ! _Linux Robotics: Programming Smarter Robots_ http://enerd.ws/robots/ ! "Heros aren't born, they're cornered." -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist