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"You guys" is just the most common form of the 2nd-person plural in American English. "Y'all" is strongly dialectal, and it sounds forced when someone who doesn
by DiogenesKynikos 5y ago
"You guys" is just the most common form of the 2nd-person plural in American English. "Y'all" is strongly dialectal, and it sounds forced when someone who doesn't actually speak the dialect says it.
- throwaway0a5e 5y agoPeople who speak with the thickest appalachin and thickest black english dialects (two pick two ends of the spectrum) can barely communicate with each other and "y'all" sounds perfectly natural from either of them. It's a class thing. Which is why it sounds forced when a CEO who doesn't have a preexisting american accent of some sort says it.