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It's a greater shame that we lost the distinction between singular and plural "you" when we gave up on "thou." In the south they use "y'all" and in the west we
by rrrrrrrrrrrryan 5y ago
It's a greater shame that we lost the distinction between singular and plural "you" when we gave up on "thou."
In the south they use "y'all" and in the west we're starting to use "you guys" to try to compensate.
If the two types of "they" begin to cause frequent clashes, I imagine we'll see some new term pop up to add some specificity.