abobla ( @abobla@lemm.ee ) to ScienceEnglish · edit-22 years agoThe drawl is gone, y'all: Research shows classic Southern accent fading fastt.uga.eduexternal-linkmessage-square39linkfedilinkarrow-up183
arrow-up183external-linkThe drawl is gone, y'all: Research shows classic Southern accent fading fastt.uga.edu abobla ( @abobla@lemm.ee ) to ScienceEnglish · edit-22 years agomessage-square39linkfedilink
minus-square Adramis [he/him] ( @Adramis@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoAll y’all is broader, but I’m not sure how to characterize it. Like if you’re talking to someone who is part of a team, saying y’all could ambiguously refer to the whole team, but all y’all unambiguously refers to the whole team.
minus-square CanadaPlus ( @CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org ) linkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoOh, okay, so just like “all of you” in other dialects, then.
All y’all is broader, but I’m not sure how to characterize it. Like if you’re talking to someone who is part of a team, saying y’all could ambiguously refer to the whole team, but all y’all unambiguously refers to the whole team.
Oh, okay, so just like “all of you” in other dialects, then.