Tag Archives: y’all
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Blount, Y’all! Apostrophes!
Leave a commentNovember 19, 2019 by libroshombre
The recent snowfall was a reminder to break out my winter fedora and pack away the ball caps of summer, …
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Obnubilate Zinio, Y’all
Leave a commentJune 7, 2016 by libroshombre
The words from TheAtlantic.com fell on my ears like manna in the desert: “How y’all doing? A greeting as …
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Pronouns Redux, Second-Person Y’all, and She-Who-Must-Be-Obeyed
Leave a commentApril 17, 2015 by libroshombre
Today’s word is “redux,” defined as “brought back, returned,” in the American Heritage Dictionary, because there’s more to say about …
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Mandatory Civility for Lawyers and Library RUles
Leave a commentJune 12, 2014 by libroshombre
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu noticed in the 1700s that “Civility costs nothing and buys everything,” and that’s worth remembering today. …
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