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Where all?
Meaning
- A regional way of asking for a list of multiple locations or people involved in a plan. It turns a singular question into a plural one.
Friendly, inquisitive
Used in a sentence
- You said you were going out of town, where all are you going?
- We are planning the road trip, so where all should we stop?
- She asked, where all have you lived in your life?
The backstory
This is a quintessential Southernism that uses all as a pluralizer, similar to who all or what all. It reflects the community-oriented nature of Southern planning.
Heard in
The South
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