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I'm from the Y'all zone. Is it offensive to call trans people y'all? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 22 hours ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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If anyone can find more pixels for me i would appreciate it.

Thanks y'all.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

We need a better second person plural in English. Y'all works but its a big language gap

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 hours ago

Hey...

Folks

Friends

Comrades

Everyone

People

Pals

You motley crew

Weirdos

Siblings

Fuckers

..how you doing, wanna go to the movies?

(this is by no means exhaustive list, the point is there are plenty of existing and perfectly acceptable alternatives, pick one, or more, and get comfortable with it)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

I've heard people say "yous" before.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 hours ago

I know. I hate it. I don't know why