>>Since when did we start the affectation of a Southern drawl in our message content, fishlady?
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>Been saying y'all since I was a kid. Northerners don't have a useful way of saying "you, but not you specifically, I mean 'you' generally." That's too long winded. Even for me.
How about "youse guys", a la NY?
The Anonymous Bureaucrat,
and frankly, quite content not to be
a member of either major US political party.