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thanks, AsP, you are right, NY do say it, it has to do with the rhythm, and flow of the sentence.. a southern you all becomes a y'all, (the all gets a 'major beat') but in NY, the tempo of the speaching changes, and the all is a minor beat..
the words are almost the same, but sound is totally different!
(i have real problems with this sort of thing- which is why i don't much like books with 'idolectic' speach-- wodehouse comes to mind-- when i read it, it was gobbledly gook, not funny. years later when the BBC/london TV made some shows, i and got to hear the dialogs, i realize they were funny...)
I had to talk out loud to see if i used/where i used all--and it was a total 'different sentence..
i had trouble with Lenny Bruce too, till i finally heard him. reading his words off an ablum cover, i thought, there is nothing the least bit sexy/racy about this.. and then i heard how he spoke them.. i didn't hear the double entendre's, I never saw the meaning behinds the words till i heard them spoke. I think it might be part of my dyslexia... or maybe i am just slow-goodness knows its not because i am prudish!
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