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Re: Looper's Christmas list



On Dec 15, 2006, at 2:53 PM, Matt Davignon wrote:

> I'm afraid the correct english would be "y'all's Christmas lists". :)

Actually, since it's addressed to more than one person, it should be  
"all y'all's Christmas lists".

"y'all" is the formal second person singular -- the equivalent of  
using "vous" to address an individual instead of "tu".

"all y'all" is the second person plural.

Or so I'm told.

Mark