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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's perfectly serviceable as a regionalism for... people from [i]that[/i] region. But why is it everywhere now? What is the attraction to people who either are able to speak standard English or have their own native regionalisms? I would vastly prefer "youse guys" or even "yinz" if there were some reason to choose a folksy When people adopt "y'all" on purpose, what is the image they're aspiring to? [/quote]

"People from [i]that[/i] region"

"What is the image they're aspiring to?"

Your unattractive biases are showing, OP. You consider everyone from the South to have an "image" to which people should not "aspire." You seem ignorant of the fact that not everyone from an entire vast region is part of a monolith, marching in lockstep to whatever it is you find distasteful.

It's so very DCUM to make these broad and ignorant pronouncements like yours. But the petty focus on a term gaining some popularity? That's all you. Couldn't find something substantial or serious to complain about, I guess. [/quote]

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