The part which deals with Sounds, Inflection, and Word-Formation was written by the junior author, who is also mainly responsible for matters of orthography, hidden quantity, etc., throughout the book;

What is that fishy odor?

Notable as well are periodic claims that memetics will make the world a better place, by creating an antimeme meme which will teach us to defend ourselves against the ravages of the selfish memes, ...

People in the South do indeed seem to be addressing a single person as y'all. For instance, a restaurant patron might ask a waiter, What y'all got for dessert tonight? In that case, y'all refers collectively to the people who run the restaurant.