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Anon gets corrected (sh.itjust.works)
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[–] jqubed@lemmy.world 65 points 3 months ago (6 children)

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

[–] moody@lemmings.world 36 points 3 months ago (3 children)

What about youse?

[–] Godort@lemm.ee 14 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I've always been fond of "yinz", despite never having been to Pittsburgh

[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 months ago

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

[–] ruk_n_rul@monyet.cc 11 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Yousa bombad, meesa like muy muy!

[–] moody@lemmings.world 12 points 3 months ago

I hate you with every fiber of my being

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Heys youse guys!

[–] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 21 points 3 months ago

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

[–] philthi@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] smeenz@lemmy.nz 2 points 3 months ago

Hear ye, hear ye.

[–] blazeknave@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months 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.

[–] VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago (2 children)

The only two things the South got right were "y'all" and biscuits and gravy.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago

And chicken and waffles. And BBQ.

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

[–] Spyro@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] jqubed@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

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