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usernamedunbeentaken t1_jefjhpd wrote

This is a CT sub. Can we at least try to keep the 'y'all's out of the headlines? We aren't in Alabama or Tennessee. "You guys" is a region appropriate term.

And by the way you guys, the answer is Colony Grill.

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2SLGBTQIA t1_jefpx34 wrote

Yall is beyond acceptable, get over your southern hatred lol

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usernamedunbeentaken t1_jefqs26 wrote

Y'all is acceptable, and even charming, in the south. In New England it is moronic.

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AB5642 t1_jefrwk9 wrote

Y'all is acceptable anywhere. You don't just get to say who can and can not say a common phrase. So to reiterate another comment 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡

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usernamedunbeentaken t1_jefui7z wrote

Totally incorrect. Respectable normal people will judge you adversely for it. Outside of the south, it's usage invariably correlates with dumber/less professional/less responsible people.

Oh and I noticed you even skipped 'do' in your headline. Even more pathetic.

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AB5642 t1_jefurnt wrote

Please show your peer reviewed research that shows I am totally incorrect

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usernamedunbeentaken t1_jefxc5f wrote

🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡

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AB5642 t1_jefyr1d wrote

Now there's an intelligently biting reply filled with wit and irony

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PeteyWinkle t1_jeg2ojr wrote

Lol this is such a weird opinion to have and even weirder to voice publicly for no reason

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knockinforthesugar t1_jegflce wrote

As a CT native who moved to the south it is actually pretty funny when I see people trying to say y’all there. It sounds really unnatural and forced lmao. I’m in my late 20s and as a kid and even a young adult you would absolutely be made fun of (not bullying just teasing) for saying y’all. Times seem to be changing. The only instance where it’s historically natural is when used by some African American people, as AAVE is obviously linguistically distinct and that’s different. That being said language is constantly evolving and it is moving into the overall national parlance.

But people not from the north often don’t use y’all as southerners would. I notice people not from the region will use it sparingly and in conjunction with more northern phrases. Northerners also never tend to use different types of y’all’s like y’all’s or y’alls, or even you all. So in that sense it’s funny because people are trying to adapt it, but don’t have the experience of just how many ways one can use y’all and just how often it is used down here. A southerner would also never say you guys lmao.

So you guys can clown this guy all you want, but they do have a point about it being an unusual phenomenon of recent nature.

Anyway that’s my two cents.

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