• CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org
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    1 year ago

    Repeated throughout the meeting, the integration team kept stumbling over “y’all” instead of just saying “you” when talking to us. Clearly, someone thought that - being Texans - we wouldn’t understand them unless the did.

    Absolute cringe.

    Also, remind me what the difference between y’all and all y’all is again.

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      1 year ago

      all’y’all is the plural second person form.

      Sheriff, speaking to a number of bandits: All’y’all just put yer guns down and come out with yer hands up so we can end this all peaceful like.

    • Adramis [he/him]@beehaw.org
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      1 year ago

      All y’all is broader, but I’m not sure how to characterize it. Like if you’re talking to someone who is part of a team, saying y’all could ambiguously refer to the whole team, but all y’all unambiguously refers to the whole team.