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you guys -- (link)

Posted by marcel (aka marcel) Oct 22 '13, 13:47

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I prefer All Y'all -- nm - The Legend of CQ Hollow Oct 22, 14:22
I started saying "y'all" when I moved to Oregon. In Canada, Oregon is "south". -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Oct 22, 14:14
ewegiz -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 22, 14:12
I say ya'll all the time. -- nm - MDH Oct 22, 14:06
I now hear my family who live in Jersey, and are from Texas and New York, saying "Youse guys" a lot now -- nm - Remlik Oct 22, 14:02 5
- I dislike "youse guys" even more than "y'all," -- nm - mara Oct 22, 14:03 4
  - me to. -- nm - Remlik Oct 22, 14:21
  - oh, me too. youse guys really bugs me. -- nm - Andie Oct 22, 14:09 2
    - I've never even heard this from anyone -- nm - The Legend of CQ Hollow Oct 22, 14:23 1
      - i think i've only heard it on TV..did the sopranos say i? -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 22, 14:30
We also hear "you-uns" around here. -- nm - mara Oct 22, 13:55 10
- I wonder if there is a proper way to say plural "you" in English that we just don't use - con_carne Oct 22, 13:57 4
  - we have that in German and it's complicated -- nm - marcel Oct 22, 14:08
  - Not since Middle English. -- (link) - mara Oct 22, 13:59
  - "you" -- nm - znufrii Oct 22, 13:59 1
    - "you" and then port de bras to signify everyone you're referring to. -- nm - Diva Oct 22, 14:30
- where's where you are? -- nm - marcel Oct 22, 13:56 4
  - Southern Indiana, in you-all country. -- nm - mara Oct 22, 13:57 1
    - I guess IU raises the bar around here. Have never heard you-uns, ever. -- nm - Spawn Oct 22, 14:02
  - Mara lives in the South. -- nm - Remlik Oct 22, 13:57 1
    - (I don't know why I think this is funny) -- nm - con_carne Oct 22, 13:58
I have *never* heard someone say "y'all" that was not mocking it. -- nm - Spawn Oct 22, 13:49 7
- We get it a lot. Then again, LA is historically a destination for migrants from the South -- nm - con_carne Oct 22, 14:23
- It's said so frequently, I bet you don't even notice it. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Oct 22, 14:18
- as much as I perfected my professional speech - I will still say yall. its ingrained. - Epiphany Oct 22, 14:17 2
  - I've totally adopted it in the last 5-10 years -- nm - prayformojo Oct 22, 14:24 1
    - LIR Deathproof!! its awesome! -- nm - Epiphany Oct 22, 14:44
- oh, i have. -- nm - Andie Oct 22, 13:56
- I'm sure you know this one - marcel Oct 22, 13:55
ha! marcel -- nm - budice Oct 22, 13:48

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