Unhappy that "y'all" is everywhere
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Anonymous
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You'd actually prefer "yinze" to "y'all"? What on earth?
The nice thing about y'all is that even if people aren't from the south, they know what you are saying. My DH is from PA so I'd recognize yinze but none of my family from California or Texas would -- it's a micro-regionalism and not even all people from PA use it. Whereas y'all is common from Georgia to Louisiana to Texas to Florida. That's why y'all caught on. It's useful and easy to understand. You all. Y'all. No interpreting necessary. Very weird take. |
Anonymous
While it would effectively communicate the meaning, contractions are more convenient. That’s why nobody says “of the clock”. |
Anonymous
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I'm from Alabama and stopped saying y'all in college.
But, I'm an age of expansive pronouns and sensitivities around gendered language, Y'ALL is remarkably helpful as an inclusive plural. Who knew there might be a place for redneck vernacular in mainstream culture?! |
Anonymous
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I am with you, OP.
Naming a group of professionals y'all is like saying, "I find myself to be superior to you. I plan to treat you poorly. Don't expect me to pay you what you're worth." |
Anonymous
| Florence Mall Y’all!!! |
Anonymous
The wiki page suggests that the reason anyone associates it with AAVE is because Black southerners brought it north during the Great Migration, but that it is really just an American Southern term, and might have originated with the Scots-Irish in the South. |
Anonymous
Sounds like jizz. |
Anonymous
| In writing, "Hi all," works as well as "Hi y'all'. In speaking, "everyone" seems to work. I still use "guys" too. |
Anonymous
Hey guys! - is not offensive. |
Anonymous
every single person who worked tables has been told not to use hey guys. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1kFkmEMLrY |
Anonymous
| Why does the OP care what slang other people use? Every person is held accountable for only their words, so it's not like OP is going to level 50 grammar hell just because too many people say "Y'all". |
Anonymous
| I grew up in MD. We all said it, just without a southern accent. |
Anonymous
| Nothing is worse than "yinz." Nothing. |
Anonymous
| I hate it. I grew up with an accent and I've worked very hard to drop it. I say you all (i.e. would you all like to drop by around 10?). |
Anonymous
| Whether it's "y'all" or "all y'all," it's still better than DCUM speak, which is to refer despairingly to "you people." |