Texas does not have a monopoly on y’all. Y’all is collective, both as a noun, and as ownership. Y’all is Southern for Comrade.
Comrade
W’all
And poetry isn’t always literal.
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Y’all isn’t necessarily plural either.
The plural of Y’all is “All Y’all”
I’ve always used y’all when greeting strangers because of this very reason.
You lot? I use you lot in place of y’all, because I can’t bring myself to contract you and all together.
That sounds rude, though. Like “you people”.
Right?? I kept asking friends and family if that’s too rude, and they assured me that it wasn’t, so I kept using it. I guess it might be on tone of voice, too.
It’s not rude. I say youse.
I think that’s a British way of saying it, if I’m not mistaken
We have quite a few actually, “you lot”, “yous”, “cunts” etc.
I believe you’re correct. I picked it up from some Aussie and Britt friends about a decade ago.
Y’lot
Hahaha!!! That’s a good one! I’m gonna start using that!
Y’all just feels more all encompassing where as you lot sounds to me like a limited number of people.
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Can you tell me which gender “all” falls under?
Must be pan
Being against wokeness is another word for being racist basically.
People should leave “y’all” alone. It doesn’t belong to anyone. It is a natural contraction of “you” and “all” that several cultures have independently produced as part of their vernacular.
I am a Yankee from a state with a Canadian border.
I started saying y’all because it’s ungendered!
What state is this?
North Carolina
Also known as the best Carolina or at least the less awful one. Seriously though, fuck South Carolina.
I went to South Carolina once. For the eclipse a few years ago.
We flew into Charlotte, stayed there for a night, then Greenville SC for a night (to be in totality), and back to Charlotte for a couple of days.
Crossing the border from NC to SC was less like crossing state lines and more like crossing the DMZ or the Berlin Wall. Just…a totally different word on the other side of that line.
Best part was that I got to try out cheer wine. Also there was a guy in front of me at the concession stand (we saw the eclipse from the Greenville Zoo) on the phone with someone. He was trying to tell that person he was in the “food line” but the other person kept hearing “Food Lion”, the name of a local grocery chain.
Although a couple of different guys saw me sweating my ass off in the zoo and offered me a “cool rag”. I had no idea what that was and it sounded disgusting so I politely declined…but in retrospect I have to appreciate their hospitality.
Next eclipse, I’m going to Austin.
North Carolina once outlawed State officials mentioning or acknowledging climate change exists, to the detriment of their own coastal cities. We could also discuss bathrooms if you want. I think NC ought not be pointing fingers about who is better.
While true there are some groups people and politicians are trying to make it be better and change things like that. I can’t think of anyone in SC that is doing that (though I admit I don’t keep up with their politics outside broad nationwide headlines)
North Carolina is only the way it is because of ridiculous gerrymandering so perhaps we shouldn’t be negative and discouraging of people who want it to be better
Well I DID add “or at least the least awful one”. I know that NC is far from perfect, with some instances of truly horrid policies, but compared to SC it’s almost downright progressive lol
As a rural west coaster, Ya’a’ (pronounced yuh-ah) will do.
So that’s where we get TV “southern” from…
That’s why conservatives have started to say yim’all and yer’all in order needlessly gender the expression. Can’t believe these folks sometimes.
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Really? I’ve never heard that and I’m in Texas
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Literally never heard that and I live in texas
It’s an Abilene expression.
Well you’re an odd man stranger but you yee a good haw.
0% true. Also Texan, and not just any Texan, rural Texan until recently. This is nonsense
Wait, like, for real?
Sounds made up to me
Don’t give them ideas
If y’all spent as much time and energy on useless pronouns as y’all spent on advocating for universal healthcare, y’all could have gotten that last doctor visit paid for by y’alls gob’ment and not having to dip into y’alls savings.
Y’all need to check your priorities.
Problem here is the thread is focusing on a Texas y’all but then you throw a gob’ment in which is much more Georgia southern and it ruins the whole vibe right at the end. The voice in my head broke accent.
Well I think y’all is as much southern as it is Texan. But what does my northern Yankee ass know? Just stay away from all them hicks.
What about you’uns?
Or yous
If you want, but I’m woke y’all
Despite only having lived there for a couple of years, I’m fond of the Pittsburghese yinz.
Y’all is the best pronoun.
It’s second person can be used singular or plural, and the difference is all contextual.
It’s ungendered and it’s makes almost anything feel “more fun.”
I don’t think conservatism is about being rational it’s about maintaining tradition or maybe morality, however it was defined by the previous generation.
Conservatism is about making it illegal for the rest of the world to exist in a manner other than the one that you personally want it to.
I feel like you don’t actually know that and it’s just your opinion.
Conservatism is about absolute control by any means necessary
Checkmate, nobody
