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you-all, pers. pron. U.S. dial.|ˈjuːɔːl, juːˈɔːl|
Also you all.
[f. you pers. pron. + all a.]
Used in place of you pers. pron.
Used, with no clear pattern, both as sing. and as pl.
1824‘A. Singleton’ Lett. South & West 82 Children learn from the slaves some odd phrases;..as..will you all do this? for, will one of you do this? 1871R. M. Johnston Dukesborough Tales vii. 95 You all little fellows was..skeered. 1875[see we-all pron.]. 1901A. H. Rice Mrs. Wiggs of Cabbage Patch vi. 81 Some of you all shake down the stove an' pull the door to fer me. 1919R. Frost Let. 24 Mar. (1972) 56 The second thing is to ask you what you-all are thinking of to want me to judge in a lyric contest. 1924W. M. Raine Troubled Water xix. 201 You-all are losing a better man than Missie ever had. 1926E. Ferber Show Boat 299 You-all one of them Suhveys? 1926Amer. Speech II. 476/1, I was born in South Carolina..and have worked on a New Orleans paper for two years, and I have not once in my life heard the expression ‘you-all’ used except in plural address. 1927Ibid. III. 5 You-all certainly is used as singular in the Ozarks—I have heard it daily for weeks at a time. You-uns, however,.. is nearly always plural in the Ozark country. 1928Ibid. IV. 54 Here in Missouri..I have again and again heard ‘you all’ used in speaking to one person. 1942M. K. Rawlings Cross Creek xxii. 344, I ain't never been as far as you-all aim to go. 1944Amer. Speech XIX. 147/2 In almost a score of years of residence in North Carolina I have never heard anyone say ‘you all’, unless the plural was definitely and distinctly intended. 1954G. Durrell Three Singles to Adventure 15 Is youall to catch the Parika train? 1981TV Picture Life Mar. 46/3 Then I walked into this audition, put my feet up on the desk, finished my beer, and drawled, ‘What kind of character you-all looking for?’
So you-all's and varr., your.
1869Overland Monthly Aug. 131 During the war we all heard enough of ‘we-uns’ and ‘you-uns’, but ‘you-alls’ was to me something fresh. 1887Scribner's Mag. Oct. 478/1 How are you all's little trick? 1929W. Faulkner Sound & Fury 347, I try to obey his wishes for you alls' sakes. 1934C. Carmer Stars fell on Alabama 190 We are honored to have you-all's company. |