Hey y'all

lazyreader · December 2014

I'm copying one of the questions from this quiz.... triggered by ranting-AW-trolley thread.

(edit: forgot a letter.)

How do you address a group of two or more people?

pugsandwine · December 2014

I legit changed my intro post title from "Hey y'all..." to "Hey there..." just before posting.

Texas, y'all.

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cateyes543 · December 2014

It depends on the audience. If it is my siblings I would probably say y'all but if it was a more formal setting I would probably say everyone (hi everyone, can I have everyone's attention, etc). The again I use "you guys" a lot too for friends! So it depends!

JennyLynn6785 · December 2014

@lazyreader this is great!

I say "you" or "you guys" for the most part, but I occasionally say "y'all." Depends.

divinemsbee · December 2014

Y'all to my family and friends who are from/still live in the South. (MS born and bred) Generally use 'you guys' around our friends here who are mostly Yankees. I actually don't sound Southern at all (neither does my mom, and she's from a really small town in MS) in daily life, it's a quirk. I get mildly Southern when drunk.

Bee1112 · December 2014

I say ya'll way too much. I grew up in a small country town and that was the norm.

lazyreader · December 2014

Joy2611 said:

Yous makes me want to rip my ears off.

are you using Yous in context? or the word Yous makes Joy want to rip her ears off....

beckynsean11 · December 2014

Joy2611 said:

Yous makes me want to rip my ears off.

:::Lurking:::

How do you manage to survive in Philly? "Yous" was seriously one of the worst things about living in south Jerz/Philly.

Please tell me I'm not the only one with Outkast stuck in my head now.

danascullyx · December 2014

SS because it's usually just guys or ladies. Not with a "you" in front. For example, "Hey guys!"

SoCal born and bred.

JennyLynn6785 · December 2014

Joy2611 said:

beckynsean11 said:

Joy2611 said:

Yous makes me want to rip my ears off.

:::Lurking:::

How do you manage to survive in Philly? "Yous" was seriously one of the worst things about living in south Jerz/Philly.

Please tell me I'm not the only one with Outkast stuck in my head now.

I never ever heard "yous" growing up in South Jersey.

The only place I've ever heard it is in Philly and usually at some dive bar.

Being across the river from Brooklyn, I hear "yous" far too often. It makes my ears bleed.

ChocoChipPancakes · December 2014

Y'all 100%...although now that i'm looking at all the options out there I might have to use you'uns in a conversation tomorrow.

ramaholic · December 2014

So I chose "you guys", but maybe I should have other'd.

I use "you guys", "y'all", "you all", and "youse guys (when being silly)" pretty interchangeably. I also will address people without the "you" pronoun, as in "Hey, all" and "'Sup, guys".

Basically, I ain't gonna conform to them rules all y'alls use for peeps.

elizabetheleven · December 2014

I say "you guys". I'm a Yankee.

But serious question... What in the hell is "yinz"!?

lazyreader · December 2014

more links since yinz are gluttons for this shiz... lol

Yinz apparently comes from a little tiny western chunk of PA. weirdos.

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JennyLynn6785 · December 2014

elizabetheleven said:

I say "you guys". I'm a Yankee. But serious question... What in the hell is "yinz"!?

From Wikipedia:

Yinz is a second-person plural pronoun used mainly in Western Pennsylvania including Pittsburgh, but it is also found throughout the Appalachians.^[1] (See: Pittsburgh English.)

HippoTooth · December 2014

I say "you all". What do the other Canadians here say?

KingLED · December 2014

I say you guys and it really annoys me when people feel the need to replace guys with ladies if it's a group of women. I don't know why. To me, guys is unisex (in this context) and it's just annoying when someone feels the need to act like it's not.

rajahmd · December 2014

I use y'all so much it's not even funny.

And my biggest pet peeve is when people spell it wrong. It is a contraction of you and all. The apostrophe replaces the "ou". Thus, it needs to be in front of the "all".

Whew. Rant over. That felt good.

brettanomyces · December 2014

In one of my first waitressing jobs we were trained not to say "guys".

So I got used to using several options: ladies, gentleman, folks, gang, friends, sexy beasts, etc. depending on the group.

almachs0786 · December 2014

I'm from WV, we say y'all. We also say yunz. Sometimes I wonder how people from other regions understand us, we have a unique dialect.

Pinknights · December 2014

You all in a proper setting, as it doesn't give away a region. and y'all with friends. I hate 'you guys'.

indogbeersiveonlyhadone · December 2014

I just call everyone F*@ktards

GypsySoul1112 · December 2014

It used to be "you guys" when I lived in Chicago (born and raised there). Then I moved to Louisiana and it became "y'all" pretty quickly. I probably change back and forth depending where I am.

rajahmd · December 2014

almachs0786 said:

I'm from WV, we say y'all. We also say yunz. Sometimes I wonder how people from other regions understand us, we have a unique dialect.

I totally get that. My dad is from WV and still has a strong accent at times. My brother and I ended up with a weird combination of West Virginian and Southern accents.

piedpiper07 · December 2014

Wow. I just now realized y'all means you all. Haha a bit slow on that one!! I've never heard someone say that IRL, just on TV.

JennyLynn6785 · December 2014

bunnyfungo said:

I picked "you guys" but most of the time I take the "you" out and just say "guys". Is that weird?

Not weird. I do that myself on occasion.

icaughtfire · December 2014

I picked you guys, but I was raised in Georgia so I say y'all more than I care to admit.

lvlyldybmp · December 2014

The only time I've heard people say "yous" is on the Real Housewives of New Jersey, and it sounds as trashy as you think it would...

thewickedfairy · December 2014

I use "you guys" primarily.

"Yinz" is a Pittsburgh, PA thing. I grew up in that area and I can't tell you the amount of time people use that. When I get going about something it comes out. There was someone who posted a thread and wrote "yunz" and that's not the way they spell it there. Comedian Billy Gardell (Mike from Mike & Molly) is from there and he has a moment in his "Halftime" special where he does Pittsburgh talk because it was filmed there. Gives me memories!

almachs0786 · December 2014

@thewickedfairy‌ it's "yunz" here in southern WV! We even pronounce it with the "uh" sound. lol

thewickedfairy · December 2014

almachs0786 said:
@thewickedfairy‌ it's "yunz" here in southern WV! We even pronounce it with the "uh" sound. lol

LOL! I was referring to a newb that ended up going BSC and GBCB. I saw that you were talking about WV. I've got family in WV and southeastern OH and they say it that way also.

Remylove1011 · December 2014

I picked other because I'm a weird mix. I sometimes says "you guys" and sometiems say "y'all". I'm origianlly from the mid-west but I'm now a southern girl. I sort o like the "y'all"!

southernpeach89 · December 2014

I say y'all all the time but my southern accent isn't very thick since I moved a lot when I was young. I can say though when I'm drunk, my southern accent multiplies by a thousand or when I get angry you can hear it a bit more.

kelley72 · December 2014

britterrss13 said:

Y'all. Always. No matter where I am. TX FTW.

love it! +1

on_the_move · December 2014

I picked you guys. Occasionally I throw out a y'all, but even though we have lived in Texas for 3 years it still feels a little forced from me.

GypsySoul1112 · December 2014

Remylove1011 said:

I picked other because I'm a weird mix. I sometimes says "you guys" and sometiems say "y'all". I'm origianlly from the mid-west but I'm now a southern girl. I sort o like the "y'all"!

Same here!

thewickedfairy · December 2014

britterrss13 said:

heartbot said:

divinemsbee said:

Y'all to my family and friends who are from/still live in the South. (MS born and bred) Generally use 'you guys' around our friends here who are mostly Yankees. I actually don't sound Southern at all (neither does my mom, and she's from a really small town in MS) in daily life, it's a quirk. I get mildly Southern when drunk.
My accent comes and goes, but "y'all" is forever. Also calling all soda "coke" and grocery carts "buggies."

When we were dating, I asked DH to grab me a buggy at the grocery store. The look in his eyes was pure confusion.

eta words

Yes! H is from the Boston area where they call them carts. Then here's me, "Babe, can you grab a buggy?" H's face was priceless!

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