"Dan Luke" wrote in message
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"alexy" wrote:
This affectation is brought to you by the same people
who use "y'all" in the singular when trying to imitate an
accent from the US South.

Yup, it's a pet peeve of mine. Hollywood never gets it right.

It's a "hyper-ruralism," an error caused by trying too hard to sound
country, the opposite of another pet peeve of mine, the "he and I"
hyperurbanism, as in "Jane took John and I to dinner."
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I use the 'he and I' all the time. Never thought *that* would be anyone's
pet peeve!

What other way is there to say it? I honestly can't imagine speaking any
other way.

(I did grow up in Manhattan)