Speaking American (was Re: [geeks] whats a Good KVM?)

[Brian Dunbar]

On Jan 8, 2004, at 9:57 AM, mail at 23.me.uk wrote:

> > On Jan 7, 2004, at 12:08 PM, mail at 23.me.uk wrote:
> >
> >> hi all yall (see the Americanism there you will all like me now ;)
> >
> > You're missing some punctuation.  Should be " all y'all " to refer
> to a
> > mixed-gender group of people.
> >
> oh me bad, ill try to remember that for next time (but i never
> remember to
> use them in my native English, so not much chance of me remembering
> them
> for American)

But you _should_ use " y'all " in your native English.  It fills an
important gap; there isn't really a better second person plural in the
English tongue.

I can't be the only person who thinks it would be amusing to hear "
y'all " and "all y'all" on BBC radio ....

~brian