• @[email protected]
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    51 year ago

    Repeated throughout the meeting, the integration team kept stumbling over “y’all” instead of just saying “you” when talking to us. Clearly, someone thought that - being Texans - we wouldn’t understand them unless the did.

    Absolute cringe.

    Also, remind me what the difference between y’all and all y’all is again.

    • claycle
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      21 year ago

      all’y’all is the plural second person form.

      Sheriff, speaking to a number of bandits: All’y’all just put yer guns down and come out with yer hands up so we can end this all peaceful like.

      • @[email protected]
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        11 year ago

        Doesn’t y’all refer to a plural group as well though? You can’t call just one person y’all.

    • Adramis [he/him]
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      11 year ago

      All y’all is broader, but I’m not sure how to characterize it. Like if you’re talking to someone who is part of a team, saying y’all could ambiguously refer to the whole team, but all y’all unambiguously refers to the whole team.