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I'm from the Y'all zone. Is it offensive to call trans people y'all? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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If anyone can find more pixels for me i would appreciate it.

Thanks y'all.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago (2 children)

We need a better second person plural in English. Y'all works but its a big language gap

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I've heard people say "yous" before.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago

We are afraid to use common greetings now? How about we all refer to each other as "carbon units"?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

Having exported myself from the deep South to Yankee land, "Y'all have a good one!" never fails to brighten the day of someone working a cash register.

In general, folks up here really like southern politeness. They think sugar wouldn't melt in my mouth. I get stopped in stores to talk all the time. Pretty frequently, they just give me a discount. I thought Yankees were supposed to be rude, but they're actually really nice in public.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Can "y'all" be singular, since there is "all y'all" for plural?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

Trust me there are many more areas that say y'all

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Am I the only one who actually looked for more pixels for this guy?

Anywho, here you go my guy:

Edit: hmmm, Lemmy seems to be compressing it. Here's a link.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

Is guys really needed after youse?

The guys is needed where there's no 2.pl pronoun to distinguish from individual you, but youse fixes that

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

I bought a shirt once in Pittsburgh that says, “Yinz is a gender-neutral p pronoun”

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

ITT: Yinzers

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

Only if you man in it a "you people" kind of way - like y'all need to stay with your own kind- or something like that.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Maine I think loops back around to y’all territory…

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

There are pride buttons that say Y'all means all.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Is the difference between youse and youse guys the number of people involved? Similar to y'all and all y'all?

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