A previously-posted,forwarded email ("You know you're in...") stated:
> > YOU KNOW YOU'RE IN THE SOUTH WHEN . . .
> > - Y'all" is singular and "all Y'all" is plural.

This egregious error was corrected in a message last Friday, posted by
Claire McCullough:
>True Southerners never refer to one person as "y'all."

Thank you, Claire, for setting the record straight! Only Yankees, Hollywood
directors and others who have never lived in the South think for a moment
that "y'all" is singular. It is a contraction of "you all."


Lee Harris


*DISCLAIMER: the author of this email message was born in Illinois, raised
in Tennessee, and spent several years in Texas.  Therefore, he is not
"Certified Southern" by the Board of Underwriters, Barbecue and Biscuits
Association (BUBBA).