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Being from Seattle, I don't have the habit of saying "y'all" but I recognize its utility. I like it much more than "you guys." I guess the Northeast equivalent
by kyllo 11y ago
Being from Seattle, I don't have the habit of saying "y'all" but I recognize its utility. I like it much more than "you guys." I guess the Northeast equivalent would be "you's."
The worst thing ever is the second-person plural possessive that you hear on the West Coast: "you guys's." The correct word is just your but in the process of searching in vain for an unambiguous plural version we've created a monstrosity.
- grayclhn 11y agoI'm from Pennsylvania; the alternatives there are "youse" and "yinz" which are two of the most awful words in english. (Both mean "y'all.")
- NoGravitas 11y ago"Yinz" is the north Appalachian version of "you'uns" or "youns" in central/south Appalachian. So not totally awful in context. [0]: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/you-uns https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/you-uns