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.
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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.
Y'all reminds me of the bible belt. I'm not transgender but I am queer and now and then it makes me uncomfortable.
Queer people who live in the bible belt still say "y'all". It literally means "you all".
There are pride buttons that say Y'all means all.
We need a better second person plural in English. Y'all works but its a big language gap
Fwiw, second person is fine as long as there's no misgendering... It's like calling someone by their name
"Y'all" has wider reach than this map suggests, particularly in black and queer communities.
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
I bought a shirt once in Pittsburgh that says, “Yinz is a gender-neutral p pronoun”
Y'all = you all, which is gender neutral.
Also that map is missing the Chicagoland y'all exclave.
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.
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.
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.
People who don't even live in the USA saying "y'all" is pure pain
Why? I am not living in the us but it's a useful phrase.
Trust me there are many more areas that say y'all