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Y'all
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BadBurger
Many “Whelps”! Handle It!
I am thinking yes. Also, the deep south (below South Carolina) should also be able to claim the plural, "All ya'll".
funkygunther
Banned
When I see Brits do it I want to disown them
Toytown Assassin
Member
Gender neutral would be my guess as to the why. Avoids that whole fucking minefield.
M1chl
Currently Gif and Meme Champion
Does not compute, at least in my limited English knowledge, why wouldn't you say instead "you all". I guess there is just some inherent inclination of English native speakers, to make words as abbreviated as possible. cya
Toytown Assassin
Member
yeah that. I mean I don't use it. I'd say 'you guys' as a catch all inclusive but I know that can trigger both trans women and extreme feminists.... about the only thing they agree on.....
haxan7
Banned
I envy you
Tschumi
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wondermega
Member
I like saying y'all in person for many years now, but it doesn't happen often. Also I fucking hate it when people say that a thing slaps.
StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
Was in North Carolina once in my life. Went to numerous restaurants. Nicest people ever and a dumpy BBQ place called Coopers was actually awesome, although sketchy as they'd have these giant 2L or 4L jugs of handmade kool-aid looking shit and macaroni salad in plain view as if they'd been sitting there all week.
First time ever hearing people mumble "mmm...hmmm" as a sign of confirmation when we'd say thank you after ordering and receiving food and drinks.
And soft drinks and pop werent even called soda (which I know the term is different pending where you lived). The plural is "sodies"!
First time ever hearing people mumble "mmm...hmmm" as a sign of confirmation when we'd say thank you after ordering and receiving food and drinks.
And soft drinks and pop werent even called soda (which I know the term is different pending where you lived). The plural is "sodies"!
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haxan7
Banned
I’m not from the south and I always say “mmhmm” after people say thank you. I thought it was common.
GeekyDad
Gold Member
Hmm...for online, yeah, I could see that.
But like some of the guys (or should I say "folks" in order to be gender neutral?) said before me, I also live in the south (though I'm from NY originally). It's just part of the language down here. To even think of it as a "thing" is weird, since it's like thinking of a door knob. They're just there.
Maiden Voyage
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Richard Packer
Member
I blame Chris Rock.
TheInfamousKira
Reseterror Resettler
I spent over a decade in Louisiana, it's ingrained in my speech. I don't say it on the internet, though, typically.
didn't know it was even a thing. That word is pretty much every day English where I live.
Visiting my folks up in Chattanooga is something my dad would say.
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mansoor1980
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p_xavier
Authorized Fister
Folx, BE MORE INCLUSIVE!!!
Maiden Voyage
Gold™ Member
Fol-x is more inclusive.
edit: beaten like a ree user after being outed as a closet diet racist
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Ailynn
Faith - Hope - Love
I've was born and raised in Tennessee, and you do hear "y'all" at times, but not as often as you might think. Even less so to hear "y'uns" or "yourn."
My southern accent is only slight and occasional, but many years ago at my very first job, I would say "you all" or "everyone" and someone told a co-worker they thought I had an "English accent."
My southern accent is only slight and occasional, but many years ago at my very first job, I would say "you all" or "everyone" and someone told a co-worker they thought I had an "English accent."
Laieon
Member
Yep, same here. Although, weirdly enough, I never really said it in my general vocabulary (despite growing up in Texas) until I moved abroad for awhile.
I've heard that certain groups of people are making a deliberate effort to say it more though since "y'all" is a more gender neutral term than something like "You guys".
Excess
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I was going to say, being from the Northeast, this is about the only time I hear it said: Ebonics, which is usually some amalgamation of Southern and Northeastern dialects. And because white teenagers seem to appropriate every "cool" word stemming from their favorite hip-hop artists, I'm not surprised.
KrakenIPA
Member
I use it as a collective term for a group, as I try to keep things light and folksy so as to disarm anyone that may be sensitive to 'you guys' or 'you gals'. If I know I am talking to a group of all guys I will revert right back the ol' 'you gals'.
Example: "You gals just about done with that pool table? I've got quarters that need rubbin' and they ain't got my song in the jukebox."
Example: "You gals just about done with that pool table? I've got quarters that need rubbin' and they ain't got my song in the jukebox."
ÆMNE22A!C
NO PAIN TRANCE CONTINUE
Seeing I'm dutch and my exposure to American culture is solely derived from movies and similar media, y'all is a southern originated term for you all laced with a family/community laced comfort blanket that rolls easily of my tongue. Damnedthose pesky lefty activist takeover.
You galls? Really?
KrakenIPA
? It's a slippery slope homey
You galls? Really?
KrakenIPA
? It's a slippery slope homey
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ManaByte
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This.
Dream-Knife
Banned
In Pittsburgh they say "yinz".I've was born and raised in Tennessee, and you do hear "y'all" at times, but not as often as you might think. Even less so to hear "y'uns" or "yourn."
My southern accent is only slight and occasional, but many years ago at my very first job, I would say "you all" or "everyone" and someone told a co-worker they thought I had an "English accent."
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Spaceman292
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Are you autistic?
EverythingsOverrated
Member
I used to use y'all in some contexts but completely removed it from my active vocabulary because a certain type has co-opted the word. The key to the current y'all craze is that it tends to be used in a condescending douchie way.
Saying music slaps has been around in the bay since the early 00s, comes from e40. just kinda made it's way to the rest of the world the last few years. Dorky squares didn't start saying y'all in the bay until recently.
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