I like “y’all”, but if all y’all English speakers want to agree upon the proper second person plural, I’ll go with the consensus. However, seeing how the world is re-litigating formerly settled pronouns, I have little hope that a consensus can be reached.
Demand not that events should happen as you wish; but wish them to happen as they do happen, and you will go on well. -Epictetus
October 25, 2024, 12:01 PM
David Lee
Black92, I've not seen a game there but do enjoy all the fireworks shows they put on. That mascot gave me a good laugh.
October 25, 2024, 02:30 PM
OcCurt
IT'S "YA'ALL!"
October 25, 2024, 02:44 PM
Sig2340
quote:
Originally posted by redleg2/9:
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Yawl.
Nope, fleur de lis.
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Nope, Sea Scout Ship Odyssey, built in 1938.
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Nice is overrated
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October 25, 2024, 10:53 PM
Redhookbklyn
Bless all y’alls hearts!
“There is love in me the likes of which you’ve never seen. There is rage in me the likes of which should never escape." —Mary Shelley, Frankenstein
October 26, 2024, 11:48 AM
TigerDore
[QUOTE]Originally posted by jhe888: [QUOTE]Originally posted by WaterburyBob: [QUOTE]Original
I had a childhood friend who was from western Pennsylvania. His family, especially his mom, used the term "you-ins". As in "How are you-ins doing?" I am not sure of the spelling, but doing my best phonetic attempt.
I never thought too much about it, other than it being different, northern and fairly equivalent to y'all, youse guys, you guys, etc.
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October 26, 2024, 12:05 PM
mlee
I moved to Kentucky when my dad got transferred from Ohio. It was between my freshman and sophomore year of high school. It was the first week in my new school and I said "Hey you guys" to a group of girls to ask a question. One of them turned around and using her rural southern accent asked "Excuse me, do we look like a group of guys to you? If you're gonna live here you have to learn to say y'all". I never made that mistake again, and I ended up taking the girl who thoroughly embarrassed me that day to the homecoming dance a couple months later........
December 21, 2024, 12:18 PM
AUTiger89
Singular: Y'all Plural: All y'all
Phone's ringing, Dude.
December 21, 2024, 02:09 PM
sigmonkey
"the meaning of life, is to give life meaning" ✡ Ani Yehudi אני יהודי Le'olam lo shuv לעולם לא שוב!
December 21, 2024, 02:14 PM
.38supersig
You guys: non gender specific addressing of a crowd.
You guy: Mr. Fawkes (born 1570 - died 1606).
December 21, 2024, 02:26 PM
ArtieS
You'uns.
"I vowed to myself to fight against evil more completely and more wholeheartedly than I ever did before. . . . That’s the only way to pay back part of that vast debt, to live up to and try to fulfill that tremendous obligation."
Alfred Hornik, Sunday, December 2, 1945 to his family, on his continuing duty to others for surviving WW II.
December 21, 2024, 03:24 PM
V-Tail
Youse guys
הרחפת שלי מלאה בצלופחים
December 21, 2024, 04:04 PM
RichardC
quote:
Originally posted by OcCurt: IT'S "YA'ALL!"
'taint.
quote:
Originally posted by AUTiger89: Singular: Y'all Plural: All y'all
'tis.
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December 21, 2024, 07:50 PM
GJG
quote:
Yawl.
Y'all ketch on quick aroun' here.
Light bender eye mender ___________________________________________________________ Texas has yet to learn submission to any oppression, come from what source it may. Sam Houston
December 21, 2024, 08:58 PM
sigmonkey
quote:
Originally posted by GJG:...
Y'all ketch on quick aroun' here.
Light bender eye mender
Talkin' jivin' poison ivy You ain't gonna cling to me
Man taker, bone faker I ain't so blind I can't see
"the meaning of life, is to give life meaning" ✡ Ani Yehudi אני יהודי Le'olam lo shuv לעולם לא שוב!
December 22, 2024, 06:54 AM
r0gue
quote:
Originally posted by TigerDore: I had a childhood friend who was from western Pennsylvania. His family, especially his mom, used the term "you-ins". As in "How are you-ins doing?" I am not sure of the spelling, but doing my best phonetic attempt.
I never thought too much about it, other than it being different, northern and fairly equivalent to y'all, youse guys, you guys, etc.
Yinz guys take note. This is how we do it in the land of slopey roofs.
December 22, 2024, 07:02 AM
SigM4
I just hate that I have to tell my iPhone/iPad to replace “yall” with “y’all” via text replacement. You’d think Apple would have figured it out by now.
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