If anyone can find more pixels for me i would appreciate it.
Thanks y'all.
Can "y'all" be singular, since there is "all y'all" for plural?
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Y'all = you all, which is gender neutral.
Also that map is missing the Chicagoland y'all exclave.
Yous in Scotland is great to wind up Proper English speakers. If they whinge they get a y'all
Where does this put Scott the Woz?
ITT: Yinzers
If you live on the line, or move north/west, it's now "you all".
Only if you man in it a "you people" kind of way - like y'all need to stay with your own kind- or something like that.
Is guys really needed after youse?
The guys is needed where there's no 2.pl pronoun to distinguish from individual you, but youse fixes that
I don't think "Y'all" would be problematic. But I also offer "You peeps", I enjoy that one more in day to day conversation.
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Is the difference between youse and youse guys the number of people involved? Similar to y'all and all y'all?
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