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Re: We should bring clutch back.
« Reply #45 on: February 10, 2007, 01:22:05 am »
I mean, if you genuinely fear that one or two of the dudes and ladies are not party people on any level, we've always got good ol' workin' class "Youse".
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Re: We should bring clutch back.
« Reply #46 on: February 10, 2007, 02:04:50 am »
*wanders in and observes quietly, dumb with glee*

Carry on, people.
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Re: We should bring clutch back.
« Reply #47 on: February 10, 2007, 03:52:48 am »
I grew up with "y'all" and find it a very useful word when used properly.  Y'all is the second person plural pronoun.  Nothing says "Yankee" like someone using "y'all" as a singular.  Similarly, "Y'all's" is the second person plural possessive.
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Re: We should bring clutch back.
« Reply #48 on: February 10, 2007, 03:56:58 am »
I'm a big fan of further conjunction.
such as d'y'all. As in "What will you have to drink, sir?" "Well... d'y'all have sweet tea?"
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Re: We should bring clutch back.
« Reply #49 on: February 10, 2007, 04:28:04 am »
Jeff Foxworth said that "y'all" is singular.  To be plural you have to say "all y'all."
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Re: We should bring clutch back.
« Reply #50 on: February 10, 2007, 04:56:20 am »
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To be plural you have to say "all y'all."

I thought that, technically, in the Queen's Redneck it was "alla y'all".
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Re: We should bring clutch back.
« Reply #51 on: February 10, 2007, 05:44:04 am »
Saying "yins" is a Hunt's move.
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Re: We should bring clutch back.
« Reply #52 on: February 10, 2007, 03:36:51 pm »
Quote from: jough on February 10, 2007, 04:28:04 am
Jeff Foxworth said that "y'all" is singular.  To be plural you have to say "all y'all."

If Jeff Foxworthy said that he is wrong.
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Re: We should bring clutch back.
« Reply #53 on: February 10, 2007, 07:13:46 pm »
seriously. Do not go to Jeff Foxworthy with your grammar questions.
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Re: We should bring clutch back.
« Reply #54 on: February 10, 2007, 07:58:19 pm »
The irony of a man claiming to be representative of redneck culture by engaging in wordplay does not escape me.
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Re: We should bring clutch back.
« Reply #55 on: February 10, 2007, 09:24:06 pm »
Quote from: theinevitable on February 10, 2007, 03:56:58 am
I'm a big fan of further conjunction.
such as d'y'all. As in "What will you have to drink, sir?" "Well... d'y'all have sweet tea?"

Agreed!
Also, I suggest a similar wha'd'y'all:
"Are you prepared to order, sir?" "Not yet, wha'd'y'all recommend?"

You have to be careful though, because if you put to many contractions into a single word, the missing letters form a critical mass that collapses in on itself and ensures that no one ever hears a word you say ever again.

Or maybe they just stop listening.
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Re: We should bring clutch back.
« Reply #56 on: February 10, 2007, 09:38:26 pm »
See, this all started because my friend, who is from Alabama, explained to me just how hard she had to work to not sound Southern.  Naturally y'all is one of those things she takes special care not to say.  After a night where she'd had more wine than usual, she was suddenly no longer Canadian sounding, which was very cute.  Then later we were out at a restaurant she frequents where the server was also from Alabama, and the server giggled to my friend about how northerners say you guys, even with a group of women.  Since then I've been terribly self conscious about it all. 

If she is trying so damn hard not to say y'all, and I start saying y'all North America will implode.
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Re: We should bring clutch back.
« Reply #57 on: February 12, 2007, 06:19:32 am »
To tell the truth, I take y'all like Mitch Hedburg does, as an omission of the "ou" in words. Which my friends do not get when I ask for them to bring over a nice juicy cantel'pe.
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Re: We should bring clutch back.
« Reply #58 on: February 12, 2007, 04:13:07 pm »
Quote from: *****_god on February 08, 2007, 04:29:19 am
Hmm.  With an all-female group, I think "folks" sounds more awkward than "guys."

i prefer: folk'ers

"Hey you Folk'ers, wassup?"

Quote from: AugustWest on February 10, 2007, 03:52:48 am
I grew up with "y'all" and find it a very useful word when used properly.  Y'all is the second person plural pronoun.  Nothing says "Yankee" like someone using "y'all" as a singular.  Similarly, "Y'all's" is the second person plural possessive.

i tend to use ya'll singularly, because i can't go to stage two acclimation and say "Bubba" or "Sissy" without crying.

and nothing says "Failed Yankee Transplant" like crying any time you say "bubba" or "sissy".



also, also:

i am on board for making "clutch" a better word, except that it is impossible for it to be better since it is the name of the best band ever since the last best band ever.

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Re: We should bring clutch back.
« Reply #59 on: February 12, 2007, 10:08:04 pm »
Quote from: side_show on February 10, 2007, 09:38:26 pm
See, this all started because my friend, who is from Alabama, explained to me just how hard she had to work to not sound Southern.  Naturally y'all is one of those things she takes special care not to say.  After a night where she'd had more wine than usual, she was suddenly no longer Canadian sounding, which was very cute. 

Are there other Canadian accents besides Ont, Quebecois,  and whatever you call the variety spoken in BC (which didn't sound all that different from West Coast US to me) ?
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