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> Fun fact: I'm told that in Dallas, TX "y'all" is singular, the plural of which is "all y'all."

False fact. Source: life long DFW resident. It is plural in basically all uses.

And I learned there's a subtle distinction between "y'all" and "all y'all". If I ask, "Do y'all have a ride?" I mean "Do you have a car and/or get a ride with someone who has a car?" Whereas if I ask "Do all y'all have a ride?" I mean "Do each of you people here own a car?"

Correct. In a sense:

group of people : bunch of people :: y'all : all y'all

The former being an associated collective.

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