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May 12th 04, 04:43 AM
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"Dan Luke" wrote:
"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." Yikes! I think I just heard fingernails scraping across a chalk board! (Guess I'm dating myself thereg.) -- Alex Make the obvious change in the return address to reply by email. 
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