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Anon gets corrected (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 3 days ago by Early_To_Risa@sh.itjust.works to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works

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[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 days ago (2 children)

In parts of the south "y'all" is singular. "All y'all" is plural.

[–] whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

What?

[–] sandalbucket@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (2 children)

“Would ya’ll like a soda?” Vs. “Would all ya’ll like a soda?” - one of these means everyone shares one soda, the other means each person gets their own - but I don’t know which is which :O

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

"Would y'all like a coke?"

"Would all y'all like cokes?"

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

You misspelled coke. Nobody says "soda" in the south, coke covers that. You have sprite coke, root beer coke, etc.

[–] lars@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 3 days ago

As a super non-Southern USA guy, anytime I drop a “y’all” into convo, my Southerner friends say I’m not doing it right because I simply substitute all “you” instances with “y’all”.

I guess these friends don’t come from the singular-y’all part of the South.