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minus-squareSwarfega@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down11·edit-27 months agoI hate reading the Americans now typing “y’all”.
minus-squareJackcooper@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up27arrow-down1·7 months agoI’m a northerner and I still had to accept the unimpeachable logic that y’all is a versatile and useful word
minus-squarechicken@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down1·7 months agoThe English language is sorely lacking gender neutral pronouns so it’s nice that one is getting added
minus-squareblubfisch@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up5·7 months agoIt’s not new actually. Maybe revived. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singular_they
minus-squaredejected_warp_core@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·7 months agoEasily America’s best contribution to civilization, after “right (turns) on red”. And I’m glad it’s catching on instead of “you’uns”, “yuns”, or “yous”.
minus-squareLemminary@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·7 months agoI’m not American and I will forever type y’all because it’s useful and I like it lol
minus-squareDeepGradientAscent@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·edit-25 months agoRemoved by mod
minus-squareThief_of_Crows@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·7 months agoY’all is just a useful word, other ways of referring to a group of people are ambiguous, esp. now that They doesn’t always mean multiple
minus-squareproblematicPanther@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·7 months agoy’all is a legitimate word and i’ll fight you over it.
I hate reading the Americans now typing “y’all”.
I’m a northerner and I still had to accept the unimpeachable logic that y’all is a versatile and useful word
The English language is sorely lacking gender neutral pronouns so it’s nice that one is getting added
It’s not new actually. Maybe revived. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singular_they
I meant y’all
Easily America’s best contribution to civilization, after “right (turns) on red”.
And I’m glad it’s catching on instead of “you’uns”, “yuns”, or “yous”.
I’m not American and I will forever type y’all because it’s useful and I like it lol
Removed by mod
Y’all is just a useful word, other ways of referring to a group of people are ambiguous, esp. now that They doesn’t always mean multiple
y’all is a legitimate word and i’ll fight you over it.