- GrundlButter ( @GrundlButter@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 9•10 months ago
Alright, we can drop the accent, but y’all gotta compromise and accept the word y’all.
- Whimseymimple ( @Whimseymimple@beehaw.org ) 6•10 months ago
The video mentions how “y’all” has become a more nationwide word due to its usefulness.
- GrundlButter ( @GrundlButter@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 3•10 months ago
I’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.
- Lilith ( @WaterLizard@beehaw.org ) English3•10 months ago
I’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•10 months ago
I 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•10 months ago
Every other language has a version of you all
- Dymonika ( @Dymonika@beehaw.org ) 8•10 months ago
Thank goodness!
- Steal Wool ( @h3mlocke@lemm.ee ) English3•10 months ago
I think you meant Darn tootin’!
- derbis ( @derbis@beehaw.org ) 1•10 months ago
The South could use another good Shermaning to finish it off
- mrGarbanzo ( @mrGarbanzo@beehaw.org ) 4•10 months ago
No thanks.
- Roldyclark ( @Roldyclark@literature.cafe ) 2•10 months ago
Lotta great people down here politics is just gerrymandered