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		js2 on Feb 11, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Did English ever have a formal version of “you”? I thought in Texas it was all y'all.

scarecrowbob on Feb 11, 2014 [–]

Not so much. That's farther east, generally speaking.

gruseom on Feb 11, 2014 | [–]

It seems that where all y'all is used, you have the re-emergence of the distinction between the formal (y'all) and plural (all y'all). Which is pretty fascinating.

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