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minus-squareno bananaOPlinkfedilink5•2 years agoI think people would’ve felt it more natural if I wrote “all of y’all” instead, but I thought the “of” was unnecessary.
minus-squareflickerlinkfedilink5•2 years agoBut you wrote the slang correctly! Unfamiliarity with the slang is an opportunity to educate about our language. (Source; we been sayin’ all y’all since before y’all non-Southerners were even sayin’ y’all.)
minus-squareno bananaOPlinkfedilink1•2 years agoI know, but as someone who has English as a second language I am also aware of the fact that “all y’all” won’t necessarily make sense to people lol
minus-squareflickerlinkfedilink2•2 years agoIf you’re practicing a localized dialect, and you are, there will be slang that doesn’t make sense to some. All of y’all would sound extremely weird to many people from the American south.
minus-squareno bananaOPlinkfedilink1•2 years agoOh totally. My explanation was more for the benefit of those like me but who aren’t familiar with the expression.
I think people would’ve felt it more natural if I wrote “all of y’all” instead, but I thought the “of” was unnecessary.
But you wrote the slang correctly! Unfamiliarity with the slang is an opportunity to educate about our language.
(Source; we been sayin’ all y’all since before y’all non-Southerners were even sayin’ y’all.)
I know, but as someone who has English as a second language I am also aware of the fact that “all y’all” won’t necessarily make sense to people lol
If you’re practicing a localized dialect, and you are, there will be slang that doesn’t make sense to some. All of y’all would sound extremely weird to many people from the American south.
Oh totally. My explanation was more for the benefit of those like me but who aren’t familiar with the expression.