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Old 03-07-2011, 01:03 PM   #9
Shawnee123
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Originally Posted by Beest View Post
French and German have second person plural case and pronoun, but English is lacking, fortunately the southern US has filled this void with "y'all"

Very handy, probably sounds a bit funny when I say it, but then all y'all can go whistle dixie.
To really bring it up to speed.

You need to do a circular motion with your hand (pointer finger), parallel to ground, to indicate "all of you in this immediate area up around here."
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