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    Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson Jan 18

    Sometimes I’m the last to know: Just learned that in formal parlance the plural of “y’all” is “all y’all”.

    7:19 PM - 18 Jan 2018
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      2. Mickey Skelton‏ @IDrinkTab Jan 18
        Replying to @neiltyson

        Actually, "y'all" is both singular and plural. "All y'all" is all inclusive, not just plural.

        11 replies 2 retweets 109 likes
      3. Richard Stephens‏ @rastephens_82 Jan 18
        Replying to @IDrinkTab @neiltyson

        No. Y'all is not singular. It is plural.

        6 replies 1 retweet 139 likes
      4. Mickey Skelton‏ @IDrinkTab Jan 18
        Replying to @rastephens_82 @neiltyson

        Begging your pardon, but it can absolutely be used when addressing a single individual.

        22 replies 0 retweets 81 likes
      5. Terena Bell‏ @TerenaBell Jan 18
        Replying to @IDrinkTab @rastephens_82 @neiltyson

        Not if you know how to use it correctly, it can't. Now you may have heard Southerners say how are y'all to a single individual but in that case they were inquiring about the person's family or some larger group. I mean, honey, it has the word "all" in it, bless your heart.

        16 replies 3 retweets 368 likes
      6. Patricia Carbone‏ @Patrici1268 Jan 18
        Replying to @TerenaBell @IDrinkTab and

        Oh no the dreaded "bless your heart " y'all are in trouble now

        7 replies 2 retweets 265 likes
      7. blue fire‏ @onlythefireborn Jan 18
        Replying to @Patrici1268 @TerenaBell and

        "Y'all" should never be used to address one person - unless, as Terena Bell points out, you are actually inquiring about that person's family, Sunday School class, bowling league, etc. If "y'all" is used to address an individual, you can be sure the speaker is a Yankee.

        7 replies 6 retweets 158 likes
      8. blue fire‏ @onlythefireborn Jan 18
        Replying to @onlythefireborn @Patrici1268 and

        Or someone from California. And the proper response is "Bless your heart."

        3 replies 2 retweets 104 likes
      9. Rae‏ @StateOfRae Jan 18
        Replying to @onlythefireborn @Patrici1268 and

        Californians using “y’all” incorrectly are southern imposters; Real Californians use “dude” in both singular and plural context

        10 replies 1 retweet 159 likes
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      2.  🍂Audra Wise 🍂‏ @WiseAudra Jan 18
        Replying to @neiltyson

        One small step for y'all one giant leap for all y'all.pic.twitter.com/HMvPDUVTPH

        8 replies 47 retweets 371 likes
      3.  🍂Audra Wise 🍂‏ @WiseAudra Jan 18
        Replying to @WiseAudra @neiltyson

        Help - I can't stop saying "y'all" and "all y'all" now!!! Look what you made me do @neiltyson 😂

        0 replies 3 retweets 18 likes
      4. End of conversation
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      2. Anathema Defence‏ @TheMelaniac Jan 18
        Replying to @neiltyson

        As a Canadian, I learned this many years ago when traveling in the South and trying to understand the local accent while also explaining the electric plug sticking out the front of my car...

        3 replies 0 retweets 49 likes
      3. Din‏ @Din_of_Inequity Jan 18
        Replying to @TheMelaniac @neiltyson

        Oh those plugs would have been popular this week...Instead local news outlets were giving tips on getting in a frozen car, scraping a windshield (DON'T USE BOILING WATER!)

        2 replies 0 retweets 15 likes
      4. Anathema Defence‏ @TheMelaniac Jan 18
        Replying to @Din_of_Inequity @neiltyson

        Yikes! Yes, it's been -28 and below here (that's -18 F), and the cars are not starting if they aren't plugged in.

        2 replies 0 retweets 13 likes
      5. Din‏ @Din_of_Inequity Jan 18
        Replying to @TheMelaniac @neiltyson

        We freak out if it freezes for 4 hrs straight. Overpasses and single-lane 'flyovers' are not built for ice driving.

        1 reply 0 retweets 9 likes
      6. Anathema Defence‏ @TheMelaniac Jan 18
        Replying to @Din_of_Inequity @neiltyson

        Meanwhile, because I walk to work I added these to my boots...pic.twitter.com/vP1OdCY3It

        6 replies 0 retweets 52 likes
      7. End of conversation
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      2. Michael Eisen Boils Bagels and Nazis‏Verified account @mbeisen Jan 18
        Replying to @neiltyson

        where i grew up it was all y'alls

        2 replies 0 retweets 11 likes
      3. Norm Douglas‏ @ringstem Jan 18
        Replying to @mbeisen @neiltyson

        That's plural possessive: "Y'all get all y'all's cars off my lawn!"

        3 replies 0 retweets 76 likes
      4. Michael Eisen Boils Bagels and Nazis‏Verified account @mbeisen Jan 18
        Replying to @ringstem @neiltyson

        No - all y’alls is different than all y’all’s — like “When are all y’alls going to get all y’all’s shit off my lawn”

        3 replies 0 retweets 32 likes
      5. Michael Eisen Boils Bagels and Nazis‏Verified account @mbeisen Jan 18
        Replying to @mbeisen @ringstem @neiltyson

        but I’m from Maryland which is on the margins of the y’all belt so we may do it wrong

        4 replies 0 retweets 15 likes
      6. Norm Douglas‏ @ringstem Jan 18
        Replying to @mbeisen @neiltyson

        Maybe this is some hybrid formed by "youse"-speaking Pennsylvanians introgressing.

        2 replies 0 retweets 27 likes
      7. Shelley Johansson‏ @ShelleyJohansso Jan 19
        Replying to @ringstem @mbeisen @neiltyson

        Native Southerner living in western PA here...it’s “yinz” in these parts.

        2 replies 0 retweets 18 likes
      8. Norm Douglas‏ @ringstem Jan 19
        Replying to @ShelleyJohansso @mbeisen @neiltyson

        In So. IL there's a number of people who say "y'all" and a number who say "you'uns" which sounds like "yoontz"

        2 replies 0 retweets 11 likes
      9. Michael Eisen Boils Bagels and Nazis‏Verified account @mbeisen Jan 19
        Replying to @ringstem @ShelleyJohansso @neiltyson

        When I was learning Dutch teacher kept saying English doesn’t have a way to distinguish 2nd person singular & plural - and I kept telling her she was wrong - y’all is just that - even sounds like Dutch version which is jullie pronounced you-lee

        1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes
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