Quote Originally Posted by ForresterModern View Post
We have dear friends from a couple hours south of us (native Tennesseans) who use the y'all and all y'all singular/plural as I described and swear by it, even getting confused when a "part time" hillbilly like me uses y'all incorrectly (in their minds) as plural but politely waiting for the clarification rather than correcting me.
When I've gone north into Tennessee, Chattanooga area, y'all is plural. Same with Virginia, Alabama, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. As I said, I've never heard a native southerner use y'all as a singular.