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The sing-songy nature of "all y'all" provides such a nice wind-up for dropping the hammer on a bunch of kids not listening to their mother. The foundational dif
by look_lookatme 9y ago
The sing-songy nature of "all y'all" provides such a nice wind-up for dropping the hammer on a bunch of kids not listening to their mother. The foundational difference between "y'all get out in the yard for family photos" vs "all y'all better get your asses out in the yard for family photos" is unmistakeable if you grew up in Texas.
I use y'all in slack/email within the company I work at and correspondence with just about anyone (I live in the Northeast, but still use it), but I save "all y'all" for my closest friends, even though they might not have grown up hearing it.
- ianamartin 9y agoDefinitely agree with this. Both are plural, but all y'all is a direct address to a specific group of people. I might be chatting with people at work, standing around getting a snack in the kitchen or, like you said, hanging out in slack general. And I might toss something out to the room, "Y'all want to go out to this comedy club on Thursday night?" But when Thursday night rolls around and 3 of us are waiting on 5 people to commit and log out, then it's, "All y'all need to wrap it up."
- blunte 9y agoHaha, I love hearing other uses of this. For me, "all y'all" is usually followed by "can fuck off" or "are about to get your asses kicked". I'm not violent, but it means I'm _really_ frustrated. Funny!