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Thanks y’all.
Maine I think loops back around to y’all territory…
I’m from “you guys” but I’ve lived in “y’all” and now I’m forever team “y’all,” regardless of where I’m living.
It’s the best export from the south, except maybe Texas brisket and pecan pie.
I call everyone brah 🤙
People where I am from call everyone “you guys” - men, women, trans, doesn’t matter, everyone is just “you guys” even when it’s a woman addressing a group of women.
The literal meaning isn’t gender neutral, but in actual practice, it 100% is.
As for “y’all” or “you all”, I don’t see how it could possibly be interpreted as offensive to any gender.
“You People” is the one to be avoided
Where does this put Scott the Woz?
Y’all reminds me of the bible belt. I’m not transgender but I am queer and now and then it makes me uncomfortable.
We need a better second person plural in English. Y’all works but its a big language gap
I’ve heard people say “yous” before.
Trust me there are many more areas that say y’all
I bought a shirt once in Pittsburgh that says, “Yinz is a gender-neutral p pronoun”
Y’all is the opposite of offensive for trans people. I lived in the south for a while, and I now use y’all specifically to be inclusive. I wouldn’t say “you guys” is offensive to trans women, but I would say for me and likely other trans women it briefly brings to mind being misgendered in the past, so I would call it a small kindness to ube as gender neutral as possible.
Should be fine 👍
I mean, neither “you” nor “all” is a gendered term in any way
People who don’t even live in the USA saying “y’all” is pure pain
I say “all of y’all” and make a point to really emphasize the “'”.
I’m not from the south and use “y’all” all the time. Find it very useful for filling in a gap that English has and slightly faster than saying “you all”. Its gender neutral in my opinion.
Never once thought of it as offensive.
Y’all is gender neutral, do I imagine it’s fine
We’re talking about Southern US pronunciation so much that I read your comment from “do I” onwards as if it was being spoken like a Southern Belle.
I’ll throw in “folks” as another gender neutral option. I say “you folks” all the time, especially in professional contexts. I’m not from the South, but I have family there so y’all is a part of my vocabulary. I use it in more informal situations pretty commonly.
