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I'm from the Y'all zone. Is it offensive to call trans people y'all? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 week ago by UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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If anyone can find more pixels for me i would appreciate it.

Thanks y'all.

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[–] imaqtpie@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Do we have yous/youse? According to my understanding that's technically not a real word yet, it's slang.

2nd person singular used to be thou/thee back in the middle ages, but it all eventually melded into you.

I feel like y'all is the newer American version of 2nd person plural, while yous/youse/yinz are the non-American English counterparts.

I have always used you guys in a gender neutral manner historically, but people occasionally got offended by that. So I started using y'all several years ago and it's been going pretty good. Although I did initially spell it like ya'll until someone corrected me on reddit 😅