"Y'all"

[renard_ruse]

What's with young people saying "y'all" all the time now?

When I was growing up this was considered not only improper English but looked down on as a "hillbilly" or uneducated white Southern form of speech.

Now it appears that its "cool" among young people. I don't know if its some rap or ebonics thing but regardless its fucking annoying and needs to stop.

 

[FataMorgana]

It's very annoying. As are; prolly, woke, chuckle, rona and kthxbye.

 

[KeithD]

It's in the dictionary, so guess what . . .

 

[Rightguide]

What's with young people saying "y'all" all the time now?

When I was growing up this was considered not only improper English but looked down on as a "hillbilly" or uneducated white Southern form of speech.

Now it appears that its "cool" among young people. I don't know if its some rap or ebonics thing but regardless its fucking annoying and needs to stop.

People in the South have been saying it forever.

 

[DeluxAuto]

People in the South have been saying it forever.

That wasn't the point, brainiac.

 

[JohnnySavage]

What's with young people saying "y'all" all the time now?

When I was growing up this was considered not only improper English but looked down on as a "hillbilly" or uneducated white Southern form of speech.

Now it appears that its "cool" among young people. I don't know if its some rap or ebonics thing but regardless its fucking annoying and needs to stop.

It's very distressing to us uneducated that we don't meet your high standards and command of the English language.

 

[FataMorgana]

It's very distressing to us uneducated that we don't meet your high standards and command of the English language.

Forsooth!

 

[Emerson40]

It's very annoying. As are; prolly, woke, chuckle, rona and kthxbye.

Whatevs would be at home on that list.

 

[FataMorgana]

Whatevs would be at home on that list.

Definitely.

 

[surdeep]

everything that big maggot zulu kiss types qualifies

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[Liar]

It's pretty handy sometimes.

 

[Adre]

I hear it a hundred times a day. Not a big deal to those of us who live in the polite and courteous area commonly known as the South.

 

[pointless]

language evolves and changes. it's just the way it works. if this bothers you you can feel free to go fuck yourself with a broken bottle.

or get the fuck over it.

both work.

 

[gga]

I could watch and listen to Connie Britton saying y'all all day long.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vihYkEAQ_DY

 

[Rightguide]

That wasn't the point, brainiac.

It was my point, snowflake.

 

[HisArpy]

Dude! It's like y'all don't know no betta than to go dissing on peeps or something.

 

[Lazaran]

While some words and phrases are fads, the contraction "Y'all" has pretty much stood the test of time. That doesn't mean it isn't annoying when people include "Y'all" in nearly every sentence they utter.

Actually, that goes for any word or phrase that is used excessively.

 

[Wrong Element]

This guy reliably finds the weirdest damn things to get upset about.



It's not "uneducated," and definitely not used primarily by young people, who keep finding ways to abbreviate words that go way beyond taking two letters out of "you all."

Everyone in the South says it. I picked it up living in the South for 3 years as a kid, and you'll still hear me say it sometimes because it fills a gap in so-called standard English.

 

[jaF0]

Y'all gotta problem wit' y'all?



Ustacould say it and nobody'd notice.

 

[jaF0]

If you never used y'all, you might be an uptight northerner.



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[DeluxAuto]

It was my point, snowflake.

You being wrong doesn't make me a snowflake, coward.

 

[phrodeau]

Y’all is for those individuals who prefer to be addressed with plural pronouns, like they/their/them.

 

[jaF0]

All y'all's nuts.

 

[thør]

I was wondering when the plural of y'all would be used. At least, that's how the term "all y'all" was explained to me once by a tall Texas beauty, rest her soul.

 

[hobbit.]

Forsooth!

Gadzooks hariden!

Whatevs would be at home on that list.

Watneys?

Definitely.

Defo