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Old July 10, 2012, 04:43 PM
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Originally Posted by JPablo View Post
My first take is that this simply means "You all". ...
If I am wrong, please, let me know.
I don't think so. I didn't see any indication of that meaning (which doesn't mean there wasn't, BTW).
If you expand your search to the number of internet hits for 'me@', you'll see that it is three times more common than 'you@', and it couldn't possibly mean 'me all' (since that isn't English). I think it means 'at' after both pronouns.

By the way, around these parts, "y'all" is often used to address one person and "all y'all" is used when more than one person is being addressed.
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