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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Her/him, his/hers/ s/he or 'their(s)'? jenny jenny #214722 04/15/2014 10:12 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Originally Posted By: jenny jenny Really now, Faldage? If you have spotted "you all" used as a singular (as you say) "in the wild" then apparently the boys were funning with poor Mister Faldage. And -as you well know- Standard English is not standard universally, now is it? Or either that or my sources are more widely spread than are yours, one. And, while there may be any number of Standard Englishes few, if any, recognize "you-all" or "y'all" as card-carrying members of their league. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Her/him, his/hers/ s/he or 'their(s)'? Mercur10 04/10/2014 5:50 AM Re: Her/him, his/hers/ s/he or 'their(s)'? Faldage 04/10/2014 10:38 AM Re: Her/him, his/hers/ s/he or 'their(s)'? jenny jenny 04/14/2014 3:14 AM Re: Her/him, his/hers/ s/he or 'their(s)'? Tromboniator 04/14/2014 5:45 AM Re: Her/him, his/hers/ s/he or 'their(s)'? Faldage 04/14/2014 9:57 AM Re: Her/him, his/hers/ s/he or 'their(s)'? LukeJavan8 04/14/2014 3:45 PM Re: Her/him, his/hers/ s/he or 'their(s)'? jenny jenny 04/15/2014 1:07 AM Re: Her/him, his/hers/ s/he or 'their(s)'? Faldage 04/15/2014 10:12 AM read all aqbout it wofahulicodoc 04/15/2014 1:15 PM Re: read all aqbout it jenny jenny 04/15/2014 3:20 PM Re: read all aqbout it belMarduk 06/06/2014 8:19 PM Re: read all aqbout it Bazr 06/07/2014 1:06 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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