Southern Translation
Jonathan Robie
jonathan at texcel.no
Sun Oct 11 17:17:45 EDT 1998
At 04:16 PM 10/9/98 -0400, Mark QL Louderback wrote:
>I present this, not to start a debate over whether the KJV should be
>discarded or any such thing like that. But be honest: how many of
>you instructors teach you (s) and y'all (pl)? Hmmm? As America
>becomes more and more Southern, I look forward to seeing future
>Greek Grammar's...and what they use for 2nd person plural forms.
I use this in Little Greek 101. However, it's important to be aware that
many Southerners use y'all as a 2nd person singular or plural form, so I
carefully state the distinction that I'm drawing.
Jonathan
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