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

Thanks y'all.

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[–] NONE_dc@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

As a non-english speaker, I appreciate «Y'all» 'cause it always bug me the absence of a way to reference more than one individual in English.

What you mean «You» is used to reference both one person and a crowd? English is fuck up.

[–] jsomae@lemmy.ml 4 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Y'all reminds me of the bible belt. I'm not transgender but I am queer and now and then it makes me uncomfortable.

[–] Alice@beehaw.org 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Queer people who live in the bible belt still say "y'all". It literally means "you all".

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[–] Srh@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

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

[–] dumples@midwest.social 3 points 4 months ago (3 children)

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

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[–] chillBurner@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 months ago

Fwiw, second person is fine as long as there's no misgendering... It's like calling someone by their name

[–] Xavienth@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 4 months ago

"Y'all" has wider reach than this map suggests, particularly in black and queer communities.

[–] 1rre@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 4 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

[–] CandleTiger@programming.dev 3 points 4 months ago

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

[–] Arkhive@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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

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[–] Etterra@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

Y'all = you all, which is gender neutral.

Also that map is missing the Chicagoland y'all exclave.

[–] Today@lemmy.world 2 points 4 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.

[–] Crotaro@beehaw.org 2 points 4 months ago

I don't think "Y'all" would be problematic. But I also offer "You peeps", I enjoy that one more in day to day conversation.

[–] Badabinski@kbin.earth 2 points 4 months ago

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.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Where's my fellow "yo'd'll"s at

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[–] AFC1886VCC@reddthat.com 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

People who don't even live in the USA saying "y'all" is pure pain

[–] weker01@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 months ago

Why? I am not living in the us but it's a useful phrase.

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[–] tkk13909@sopuli.xyz 2 points 4 months ago

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

[–] Retrograde@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago
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