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minus-squaresmokin_shinobi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·6 months agoAll my life I thought y’all was a uniquely American phrase.
minus-squarefrezik@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5·6 months agoLots of other languages have a dedicated word for second person plural, but English only has dialects that do.
minus-squareaesthelete@lemmy.worldcakelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 months agoYou can be used plurally. Ye used to be commonly used as a second person plural but now sounds old fashioned because it fell into disuse.
minus-squarefrezik@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-26 months ago“You” isn’t a dedicated word, since it’s typically used in singular. It’s common to have something specific to the task in other languages.
minus-squareMarin_Rider@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 months agoin Australia the equivilant would probably be “yous”
minus-squarestopthatgirl7@kbin.socialOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 months agoIt is, but it’s useful so it’s spreading. I’m from the southern part of the US, so I’m all for it.
minus-squareSolarMech@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 months agoAnd then y’all exported yer culture out to us via Hollywood.
All my life I thought y’all was a uniquely American phrase.
Lots of other languages have a dedicated word for second person plural, but English only has dialects that do.
You can be used plurally. Ye used to be commonly used as a second person plural but now sounds old fashioned because it fell into disuse.
“You” isn’t a dedicated word, since it’s typically used in singular. It’s common to have something specific to the task in other languages.
in Australia the equivilant would probably be “yous”
It is, but it’s useful so it’s spreading. I’m from the southern part of the US, so I’m all for it.
And then y’all exported yer culture out to us via Hollywood.