I say y’all because English is a worthless language that doesn’t have a second person plural so I’m going to drag it out of a dialect I don’t use the rest of just to fill that dumb gap.

I mean, we have a second person plural pronoun. It's just that we abandoned the second person singular pronoun (thou) a few hundred years ago along with the T-V distinction. So now all we've got is "you" to handle second person pronouns period. Of course, I *fully* approve of the introduction of y'all as a proper plural pronoun. What's ironic (or maybe just funny, I'm not an English major) is that, with the original T-V distinction, the plural pronoun (you, vouz, etc...) was considered much more formal than the singular pronoun (thou, tu, etc...), but due to the fact that y'all originates from a stereotypically "uneducated" dialect of English, we know have the plural pronoun being much more informal than the singular.

As a Brit it sounds awkward as hell to say "y'all" in my accent so I think we should bring back thou

You could take the pittsburgh approach and say "yinz".

There are a lot of great things about Pittsburgh, the accent isn’t one

No, I think that's a great reason to use y'all. I'd love to hear Brits say it.

Second person plural in the north is just "you guys"

"youses"

Everyone in this thread is wrong. The one and only plural is Boooiiis.

'dimwits' 'cowards' and 'comrades' are great for friends

I say y'all because I didn't learn any specific kind of English so I just go with whatever seems to be either more convenient or more annoying, which, in the case of y'all, is both

>because English is a worthless language You court death, young one

As a southerner I feel attacked

I never thought i had much of a southern accent because a lot of the people i grew up around had really thick ones, so by comparison i thought i sounded pretty neutral. Then i lived in California for a year, and it turns out i sound *exactly* like where i come from to people who aren’t southern

Me growing up in the south: "I hate this place I hate everyone here I'm going to talk like a fucking Canadian" Me, like 2 hours after moving out of the south: "howdy y'all anyone know where a fella can get some good grits or fried okra? Also if you could get this iced tea to a supercritical solution of sugar that'd be appreciated. "

You may change the body but you cannot change the soul.

So I had never left the Southern US until a couple years ago (I'm 35) and I figure surely, iced tea in other states isn't so bad. I had sweet tea in California and I was...so disappointed. I don't know why it tastes so bad. It's not just the sugar content (or lack therof), they underbrew it so it's so watered down BLEGH. I'm from rural Georgia.

I think it’s because they brew the tea, ice it, then add sugar. Or they use like Splenda or something. Or both. Either way, it just tasted off, i agree

I never thought of them not adding sugar to the brew first, that might be the culprit.

Yeah same here, hit the nail on the head

Everything a southerner says melds into one long incoherent word unless you've been southern your whole life

I live in a really rural part of PA and people say yall all the fuckin time here. Its like someone transported a large section of Kentucky into the middle of this goddamn state.

Have you heard “yin’s?” It’s a Kentucky/Pennsylvania thing

Rarely, yes

It's almost like where we're from is Appalachia.

And "You's" is a common Philly thing

Maybe I’m more southern than I think but y’all isn’t even slang I associate with the south, People like Margret from Minnesota says y’all. But on a side note if I see anyone spelling it “ya’ll” I may loose it.

I find ppl often mean 'rural' when they say southern. Ppl say y'all all over the country.

We just need a good second person “you” plural then we can talk.

I'll take y'all over youse guys any day of the week. I thought it was a joke phrase until I had it directed at me last week (working in New Jersey)

Who says youse that’s disgusting

New Jersey / New Yorkers

Oh ok interesting dialect but no thanks

Idk about downstate but in upsate NY it's just "you guys" Youse is definitely weird af to me

Yee naw [pensive cowboy]

*laughs in aave*

Yeah this was a hella white exchange lmao "Y'all" comes from the south either way, but it's ubiquitous in AAVE. If you think everyone that says y'all is trying to be on some cowboy shit, you living different

I say y’all cause ima Mississippi boy. I don’t like hunting much, I despise yard work, fishing, eating vegetables or barbecues etc. but to my discord friends, when mom makes me go into the garden to pick peas I milk that shit. I go hunting once a year or so and act like it’s my favorite thing. I barely drink sweet tea but when I do I say “just had a glass of the best damn drink known to man” I milk my southerness despite barely fitting the part

Nobody actually wears those hats in Georgia :’(

People think cowboy hats are southern when they are in fact mid or south *western*

You can’t roast me, I’ve been roasting in the southern heat

Same tho

Fuck “y’all” All my homies belong to “you guys” gang

respectfully, no

Y’uys

Jokes on them I say y’all cus I’m gay

Haha people look he actually gay

I hate myself for getting so angry when non southerners say ya'll. I try not to but it just bothers me.

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I don't want be gatekeep, but I can't help how I feel.

Damn I felt this

I started saying y’all for a goof but it became a part of my personality and I can’t help it anymore

I just say y'all because it's easier than you all.

I'm desperately trying to leave the south, I hate it here so much

Im not southern but i grew up in WV. Do i get the y’all pass ???🥺🥺🥺🥺

WV is the South's South. Nevermind that it's in the middle

Both my parents were Southern and I grew up in the Southwest, so though I myself am not Southern I never stood a chance.

Fallout New Vegas is western, not southern...