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puipui
2008-11-26 01:30 am UTC (link)

You know, I've never really noticed that kind of usage before with "all y'all". Although, to be fair, I don't actually live in the South, I just have mostly Southern relatives, and a lot of them also use "y'ens" or "you'ens" in place of "y'all", and also I haven't really been paying attention.

In my experience, though, "all y'all" is basically "y'all" except with an intensifier, so it gets used when Grandma gets pissed off, like a sort of plural form of using your middle name. With younger members of the family, it's most frequently used with the word "fuck" as in "All y'all can just fuck off." And so forth. XD

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	hallidae 2008-11-26 02:11 am UTC (link)
	I think whether one uses "all y'all" or "you'uns" can also be a matter of preference, since they can both fit about the same space. My grandmother uses the former, my grandfather used the latter. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	wankismyfandom 2008-11-26 03:43 am UTC (link)
	I've seen both the "big plural" use and the intensifier use. Either way, y'all and all y'all are perfectly useful and valid things to say. Ten bajillion times better than "youse guys." :P (Reply to this)(Parent)

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