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RE: [OM] Proper Texan grammer

Subject: RE: [OM] Proper Texan grammer
From: Chip Stratton <cstrat@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 21:22:04 -0500
Y'all are a bit off-base here. Southern USA speech inflection derives
largely from the Scotch-Irish, and so does "Y'all". The only other location
this is/was in common usage is Ulster, Northern Ireland.

Chip Stratton


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