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[–] semperverus 3 points 13 hours ago

Where does this put Scott the Woz?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 14 hours ago

I bought a shirt once in Pittsburgh that says, β€œYinz is a gender-neutral p pronoun”

[–] Mostly_Gristle 31 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

This needs a line going up the Appalachians for the "You-uns" belt.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

And somewhere there's "yinz".

[–] [email protected] 10 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

I was just about to point out that the map is missing a small "yinz" enclave around Pittsburgh/Johnstown

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 16 hours ago

I'll throw in "folks" as another gender neutral option. I say "you folks" all the time, especially in professional contexts. I'm not from the South, but I have family there so y'all is a part of my vocabulary. I use it in more informal situations pretty commonly.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

as a trans person, I'm not offended by y'all in the slightest

[–] _stranger_ 3 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

This statement has strong Bilbo " I like less than half of you as well as you deserve" energy

(No hate, it just struck me as funny)

[–] cmbabul 3 points 16 hours ago

I lowkey always found that to be a southern type of insult, I could hear Steve Spurrier saying it

[–] bandwidthcrisis 6 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

Can "y'all" be singular, since there is "all y'all" for plural?

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[–] Feathercrown 2 points 15 hours ago

Should be fine πŸ‘

[–] Etterra 8 points 20 hours ago

Y'all = you all, which is gender neutral.

Also that map is missing the Chicagoland y'all exclave.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 18 hours ago

ITT: Yinzers

[–] Today 4 points 18 hours ago

Only if you man in it a "you people" kind of way - like y'all need to stay with your own kind- or something like that.

[–] Olap 8 points 22 hours ago

Yous in Scotland is great to wind up Proper English speakers. If they whinge they get a y'all

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