et y'all

Et Y'all - the Texan, or friendlier, less Latin, aka more widely understood version of "et al". It proclaims, "Yes, I'm familiar with writing etiquette, but I'm also from Texas, and we say Y'all" This greeting is the perfect salutation to use when writing or addressing a group of people. Instead of typing out every name in that first line of an email, letter, memo, or other correspondence, one can simply name the first one, and follow it with the friendly "et y'all".

Uncle Terry et y'all,

I 'm writing to let all y'all know that I can't make it to the family reunion this year.