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[–] twelvefloatinghands@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (10 children)

It's also a good substitute for "you guys"

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[–] kinther@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I actually have been using y'all in this manner for about a decade. I found some women didn't appreciate being called "you guys" when I addressed a group of people.

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[–] fubo@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (9 children)

Y'all oughtta distinguish "y'all" from "all y'all".

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[–] Hazdaz@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If y'all spent as much time and energy on useless pronouns as y'all spent on advocating for universal healthcare, y'all could have gotten that last doctor visit paid for by y'alls gob'ment and not having to dip into y'alls savings.

Y'all need to check your priorities.

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[–] scarabic@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

I find it’s also singular and plural.

[–] 01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 8 points 1 year ago (9 children)

You lot? I use you lot in place of y'all, because I can't bring myself to contract you and all together.

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[–] Rusticus@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (8 children)

The definition of woke: “the belief there are systemic injustices in American society and the need to address them.”

-Ron DeSantis chief counsel

Anyone that would argue woke is bad is a racist, sexist, bigot

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[–] danknodes@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 year ago

Checkmate, nobody

[–] sorchist@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

OK then when you get out of the shower you go

oh, duh, only third person singular pronouns are ever gendered in English. why would I ever think a second person pronoun would be gendered?

[–] pastermil@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm not even in America amd I use y'all. So it's clearly not Texan.

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[–] halvar@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Shit, if ungendered pronouns make it woke, then I should ditch my native language.

[–] gamer@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago

English is the wokest language. In Spanish, all nouns are gendered. That means when Trump wanted to build a wall, he was actually being woke AF.

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