Dennis Claxton
Charles wrote:
> Probably not too many Black people say "Y'all come back now,
Right. But I was emphasizing the use of y'all, which provides something the queen's English lost when "ye" became archaic.
^^^^ CB: Hadn't thought about relation to "ye". I always thought of it as a contraction of "you all". Some people say "you all" , I think. "Y'all" is definitely a famous Southern lexical item.
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>Do these white people say "in a minute" ?
Yes, but I'm not sure in what context you're referring to.
^^^^ CB: As in "in a minute , y'all", which is equivalent to "see you later".