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Anon gets corrected (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 3 weeks ago by Early_To_Risa to c/greentext

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[–] [email protected] 68 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)

Y’all gives modern English the second person plural it would otherwise be missing

[–] [email protected] 37 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

What about youse?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Yousa bombad, meesa like muy muy!

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 weeks ago

I hate you with every fiber of my being

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I've always been fond of "yinz", despite never having been to Pittsburgh

[–] brbposting 5 points 3 weeks ago

Yinz welcome to try our chipped ham ‘n’at regardless

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Heys youse guys!

[–] starman2112 4 points 3 weeks ago

Youse mugs

[–] starman2112 22 points 3 weeks ago

"You" used to be that word, but mfs didn't wanna say "thou" anymore so "you" has to pull double duty now

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

In Ireland it's still very common to use 'ye' for you plural.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

Hear ye, hear ye.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

Yous.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

Missing? It is that part of speech! 😁 "You all," the thing it conjoins, is proper English and the accurate thing to say. We do have it. We just refuse to try harder to be less patriarchal bc "guy" has less syllables. And most of the time it's preceded by "you" anyway, so not even shorter. (If I'm wrong, someone please correct me)

I take the time to correct myself in meetings, "when can you guys- ahem you all" - no apology, bc I'm doing my best, and demonstrating in my actions.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

The only two things the South got right were "y'all" and biscuits and gravy.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Try some chicken and waffles when you get the chance - 5000 calories have never tasted so good.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

Chicken and waffles are about as authentically southern as General Tso’s chicken is authentically Chinese.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea 2 points 3 weeks ago

And chicken and waffles. And BBQ.

Honestly, not actually a fan of y'all, but they have some fantastic food.