Timeline for Is the usage of 'folks' mandated by policy?
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| Nov 20, 2019 at 1:54 | comment | added | Nate Barbettini | @Peilonrayz English as a Second Language, i.e. those for whom English is learned rather than their native language. | |
| Nov 20, 2019 at 0:46 | comment | added | Peilonrayz | What is ESL? I'm assuming it has nothing to do with banking, credit or e-sports. | |
| Nov 19, 2019 at 1:30 | history | edited | This_is_NOT_a_forum | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Active reading [<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/address#Verb>].
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| Nov 17, 2019 at 14:27 | comment | added | Nate Barbettini | I grew up in Texas and rarely (if ever) heard y'all used as singular. It's very common as a (gender-neutral) plural for a group of folks. "All y'all" is a little less common, for larger groups. | |
| Nov 17, 2019 at 12:50 | history | edited | aparente001 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Oct 28, 2019 at 10:40 | vote | accept | Abulafia | ||
| Oct 16, 2019 at 20:42 | comment | added | Mark | @ColeValleyGirl, "y'all" is the second-person singular pronoun in Texas, and the second-person plural in the rest of the southeastern United States. In Texas, the second-person plural pronoun is "all y'all". | |
| Oct 16, 2019 at 13:46 | comment | added | ColeValleyGirl | @mason, that wikipedia article refers to y'all as singular, y'll as plusral and valid uses of all y'all as well. | |
| Oct 16, 2019 at 13:43 | comment | added | mason | @ColeValleyGirl In what way? | |
| Oct 16, 2019 at 13:41 | comment | added | ColeValleyGirl | @mason y'all seems to be a can of worms! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y%27all | |
| Oct 16, 2019 at 13:24 | comment | added | mason |
@ColeValleyGirl Ya'll is a contraction of "you all" (imagine pointing your finger at a group of people as you say it). Saying "all ya'll" is the equivalent of saying "all you all", which is rather silly. Of course where I live and grew up, it's not uncommon to hear either.
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| Oct 16, 2019 at 13:08 | comment | added | ColeValleyGirl | @Catija, Whoops -- went back and checked my recent discussion on the subject and yes: "y'all'" is plural and "all y'all" inclusive (apologies to the person I was conversing with for misquoting them). As I said, not my idiolect. I stick by y'am and them're though (English Black Country). | |
| Oct 16, 2019 at 13:04 | comment | added | Catija StaffMod | @ColeValleyGirl "y'all" is not generally singular. When I've heard "all y'all" it's used plurally too... but in an emphatic way to specify that all of the people being spoken to did something whereas "y'all" is merely a general you (plural). This is, of course regional. But, when I use "y'all" it's specifically designed to be plural. I've never (knowingly) used "y'all" as a singular. | |
| Oct 16, 2019 at 12:07 | comment | added | ColeValleyGirl | Y'all has all sorts of traps associated with it -- it's singular, for a start -- I'm told that All y'all is the plural but it's not my idiolect. Ask me about y'am and them're and I'm there for you. | |
| Oct 16, 2019 at 11:31 | comment | added | Magisch | It does feel that way sometimes doesn't it. But right now it's worse then usual, because everyone's on edge from the latest fallout. | |
| Oct 16, 2019 at 11:28 | comment | added | Abulafia | Thank you for a considered answer that wasn't just a knee-jerk assuming I'm being unpleasant. I genuinely just wanted to know if this had evolved or had been decided at some point and whether we could learn something from its adoption. I must say I can now see why Meta has a bit of a reputation as a bear-pit! | |
| Oct 16, 2019 at 11:26 | history | answered | Magisch | CC BY-SA 4.0 |