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is verb Are. [occurs with a third-person-plural subject that is a noun, conjoined ronouns, or anything else but the single pronoun they (this rule can be traced to Scotland as far back as the early 14th century; DARE labels this usage "chiefly South, South Midland" in the U.S.]
1794 Big Pigeon Church Minutes 14 [T]he members is Jesse Isbell and wife and Vine Taylor. 1841 Elijoy Church Minutes 43 The church passed an act against all kinds of plays that is against the word of God. 1862 (in 1999 Davis Civil War Letters) 78 [W]e all will get back home when the Yankees is whipt back. 1939 Hall Coll (Gatlinburg TN) I have now different kind of stories to tell. I have some true and some is not true. 1979 Carpenter Walton War 163 Them gals is purty, but they're crazy as Junebugs. 1983 Pyle CCC 50th Anniv B:2:15 I know a lot that has gone on, and lots that is a-livin' yet.