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   The Conversation U.S. (theconversationus@newsie.social)'s status on Wednesday, 30-Nov-2022 00:11:56 JST The Conversation U.S.

   Y'all listening?

   Y'all as a second-person plural pronoun is not just “the quintessential Southern pronoun.” A linguist has found uses going back to a 1631 in England, hundreds of years before the more recent usages cited by the Oxford English Dictionary.

   And its inclusiveness is also gaining new respect, you hear?

   https://theconversation.com/yall-that-most-southern-of-southernisms-is-going-mainstream-and-its-about-time-193265

   #pronouns #YAll #LanguageMastodon #Etymology #words

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     Futurist Jim Carroll (jimcarroll@futurist.info)'s status on Saturday, 15-Apr-2023 08:59:02 JST Futurist Jim Carroll

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     @TheConversationUS

     'Eh?

     (Canada checking in)