If anyone can find more pixels for me i would appreciate it.
Thanks y'all.
We need a better second person plural in English. Y'all works but its a big language gap
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I've heard people say "yous" before.
I know. I hate it. I don't know why
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Maine I think loops back around to y’all territory…
As someone that grew up in y'all territory in Kansas, it's wildly easy to connect to people from Maine!
I'm from New Jersey and have never heard anyone unironically say "youse guys". Side note we also don't call it "Joisey".
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People who don't even live in the USA saying "y'all" is pure pain
Why? I am not living in the us but it's a useful phrase.
I say "all of y'all" and make a point to really emphasize the "'".
You say "of?"
I thought it was basically all y'all
Or all'o'y'all
Trust me there are many more areas that say y'all
I'll throw in "folks" as another gender neutral option. I say "you folks" all the time, especially in professional contexts. I'm not from the South, but I have family there so y'all is a part of my vocabulary. I use it in more informal situations pretty commonly.
I bought a shirt once in Pittsburgh that says, “Yinz is a gender-neutral p pronoun”
Can "y'all" be singular, since there is "all y'all" for plural?
When talking about a group but only one individual of the group is present you can still use y'all.
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Y'all = you all, which is gender neutral.
Also that map is missing the Chicagoland y'all exclave.
Where does this put Scott the Woz?
If you live on the line, or move north/west, it's now "you all".