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How Y’all, Youse and You Guys Talk
Submitted 4 days ago by silence7@slrpnk.net to nyt_gift_articles@sopuli.xyz
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AtariDump@lemmy.world 3 days ago
southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 4 days ago
I dunno about yins, but you’ns is crazy if’n y’all don’t use alla’yous’n’em
FrostyCaveman@lemm.ee 4 days ago
Americans say “youse” too? Huh, I thought that was exclusively a bogan thing
rozwud@beehaw.org 2 days ago
My mom grew up in the rural outskirts of Cincinnati and says youse. Meanwhile my dad, who grew up more inside the city, constantly made fun of her for it.
I got Cincinnati and two random places I’ve never even visited as my top three results, probably because my way of speaking is a super mixed bag from living in different places. Language is weird.
Alice@beehaw.org 3 days ago
Yeah, mainly in the northeast. I’m in the southeast and I basically only hear it from cartoon mobsters.
Surprised it’s not more widespread, actually. It seems like the easiest way to pluralize “you”.
Perhapsjustsniffit@lemmy.ca 3 days ago
East coast Canadians as well.
Alice@beehaw.org 3 days ago
The one about it raining when the sun is out is a trick question. It’s definitely called “the devil beating his wife”, but I don’t call it that because that’s weird
silence7@slrpnk.net 3 days ago
Several of those are direct translations of places that Americans immigrated from
Repelle@lemmy.world 4 days ago
“You folks” for life. Why was this not an option?
Godric@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Do you say “Hey you folks” to address a group? It sounds awkward to me.
fossphi@lemm.ee 3 days ago
Maybe just “Hey folks”?
Jake_Farm@sopuli.xyz 3 days ago
I somehow wound up in Fresno and Boston the first time I took the quiz.
MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 4 days ago
Yas (pronounced yuhz)
HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world 4 days ago
I’ve always wondered why y’uys didn’t become a thing where people say you guys. I grew up with y’all. It’s efficient and lol gender neutral and inclusive which is added bonus and ironic coming from the south
sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip 4 days ago
I grew up around Seattle and also with y’all.
Of course, a lot of people say ‘you guys’ and either don’t care or have decided that it’s gender non deterministic because ya’ll is cringe and racist-coded.
Never even heard of y’uys.
Would that be pronounced Yaiz?
???
Anyway, half of those questions I could have answered with half of the options given, as they’re all common enough that most people either know what they mean or use them… and then the other half of the questions were basically just one answer.
quicksand@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Annoy every region in the US speedrun