Comment on Anon gets corrected

IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

• jqubed@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Y’all gives modern English the second person plural it would otherwise be missing

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  • moody@lemmings.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    What about youse?

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    • ruk_n_rul@monyet.cc ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Yousa bombad, Mesa like muy muy!

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      • moody@lemmings.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        I hate you with every fiber of my being

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    • Godort@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      I’ve always been fond of “yinz”, despite never having been to Pittsburgh

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      • brbposting@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        Yinz welcome to try our chipped ham ‘n’at regardless

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    • Kolanaki@yiffit.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Heys youse guys!

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      • starman2112@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        Youse mugs

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  • starman2112@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    “You” used to be that word, but mfs didn’t wanna say “thou” anymore so “you” has to pull double duty now

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  • philthi@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    In Ireland it’s still very common to use ‘ye’ for you plural.

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    • smeenz@lemmy.nz ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Hear ye, hear ye.

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  • blazeknave@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Missing? It is that part of speech! 😁 “You all,” the thing it conjoins, is proper English and the accurate thing to say. We do have it. We just refuse to try harder to be less patriarchal bc “guy” has less syllables. And most of the time it’s preceded by “you” anyway, so not even shorter. (If I’m wrong, someone please correct me)

    I take the time to correct myself in meetings, “when can you guys- ahem you all” - no apology, bc I’m doing my best, and demonstrating in my actions.

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  • corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Yous.

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  • VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    The only two things the South got right were “y’all” and biscuits and gravy.

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    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      And chicken and waffles. And BBQ.

      Honestly, not actually a fan of y’all, but they have some fantastic food.

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    • Spyro@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Try some chicken and waffles when you get the chance - 5000 calories have never tasted so good.

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      • jqubed@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        Chicken and waffles are about as authentically southern as General Tso’s chicken is authentically Chinese.

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• merc@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  In parts of the south “y’all” is singular. “All y’all” is plural.

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  • whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    What?

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    • sandalbucket@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      “Would ya’ll like a soda?” Vs. “Would all ya’ll like a soda?” - one of these means everyone shares one soda, the other means each person gets their own - but I don’t know which is which :O

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      • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        You misspelled beer.

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      • merc@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        “Would y’all like a coke?”

        “Would all y’all like cokes?”

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  • lars@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    As a super non-Southern USA guy, anytime I drop a “y’all” into convo, my Southerner friends say I’m not doing it right because I simply substitute all “you” instances with “y’all”.

    I guess these friends don’t come from the singular-y’all part of the South.

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• pupbiru@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  i’m from australia and i’ve adopted yall for exactly that reason

  it also makes me real happy that some very transphobic shit heads would be furious if they knew that “their word” was part of the solution to gender neutral terminology

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