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For example, I'm a white Jewish guy but I've adopted the Japanese practice of keeping dedicated house slippers at the front door.

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[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (6 children)

I'm British and I say y'all fairly often. It just rolls off the tongue.

[–] FordBeeblebrox 26 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’m a redneck American who says y’all, and calls people cunts a lot. We have so much to share

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

Thank you for that gift, cunt

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Happy to have more of the y'all in English English, but personally I'd like an uptake in youse.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

As someone who has lived both in Pennsylvania and Kentucky, y'all just sounds and feels better than youse.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Is youse a thing I'm Pennsylvania and/or Kentucky? I was thinking a la the land of the free, home of the brave (Scotland)

[–] OsakaWilson 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm trying to recreate this and my brain just won't let it happen.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

It's like "yawl".

[–] AGD4 1 points 1 year ago

Try it with Tom Hardy's cockney accent. 🙃

[–] KrapKake 1 points 1 year ago

Now yer talkin'!

[–] Historical_General 0 points 1 year ago

It probably has some root in a region of England anyway.