GrundlButter ( @GrundlButter@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 9•3 months agoAlright, we can drop the accent, but y’all gotta compromise and accept the word y’all.
Whimseymimple ( @Whimseymimple@beehaw.org ) 6•3 months agoThe video mentions how “y’all” has become a more nationwide word due to its usefulness.
GrundlButter ( @GrundlButter@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 3•3 months agoI’m honestly really glad it seems to be a shared opinion that’s changed over the years. About 10 years ago I got told it was unprofessional language in the workplace.
WaterLizard 🇺🇦🇵🇸 ( @WaterLizard@beehaw.org ) English3•3 months agoI’ve been using y’all in corporate America for about five years now and have yet had a manager condemn its use. It’s widely accepted now and I’ve had coworkers mentioned it makes them fondly remember family from the south. It’s just a good colloquial for referring to a group. Oddly enough “you guys” has slowly been entering my diction too due to working with more folks from the west and midwest.Midwest.
Ain’t is one I still unconsciously avoid in professional settings though.
FZDC ( @FZDC@beehaw.org ) 1•3 months agoI think Black English has been a major contributor towards towards mainstreaming “y’all” outside of the South. The rise of black stories being told on television and through film, plus the rise of hip hop/rap as a mainstream genre of music, has helped normalize certain phrases that used to only be associated with either the South or with black vernacular.
nob0dy ( @nob0dy@beehaw.org ) 1•3 months agoEvery other language has a version of you all
Dymonika ( @Dymonika@beehaw.org ) 8•3 months agoThank goodness!
Steal Wool ( @h3mlocke@lemm.ee ) English3•3 months agoI think you meant Darn tootin’!
derbis ( @derbis@beehaw.org ) 1•3 months agoThe South could use another good Shermaning to finish it off
mrGarbanzo ( @mrGarbanzo@beehaw.org ) 4•3 months agoNo thanks.
Roldyclark ( @Roldyclark@literature.cafe ) 2•3 months agoLotta great people down here politics is just gerrymandered