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When this happens the other people are implicit: for example "have y'all got Coke?" to a waiter at a restaurant, where "y'all" refers to all the people involved
by madcaptenor 2y ago
When this happens the other people are implicit: for example "have y'all got Coke?" to a waiter at a restaurant, where "y'all" refers to all the people involved in the restaurant.
(The answer one does not want to hear, at least in Georgia, is "is Pepsi OK?")
- photonthug 2y agoThere’s a lesser known ironic variation where y’all is sort of the opposite of the “royal we”, aka the majestic plural. To take someone down a peg if they seem full of themselves, you can use the majestic singular satirically. As in: I just got a fancy new car! Gosh, did y’all get seat warmers with it too?
- actionfromafar 2y agoBecause Coke is Soda?