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English does not have a distinct, second-person plural. There are several regional attempts to make one. Y’all is the Southern second-person plural, a contract
by t-writescode 6y ago
English does not have a distinct, second-person plural. There are several regional attempts to make one.
Y’all is the Southern second-person plural, a contraction of ‘you all’ (you, second-person; all, suggesting more than one)
- omosubi 6y agothis is becoming common in the rest of the US as well because of the lack of second person plural. they call it y'all sprawl. I hear it frequently here in Chicago.