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New_Stats t1_j1f3rtq wrote

>ya'll

It's y'all and it's southern. We're northern. Youse is acceptable, you can say yinz but we will make fun of you for sounding like someone from Pittsburg. We normally say you or you guys.

I've never seen such a dramatic cold front blow through in my life, it's pretty bad. It poured right before the cold front so everything is a sheet of ice. It's bitterly cold and the wind is just insane

I plan to stay inside, we have a wind-chill advisory, can't be out for more than 30 minutes without risking frostbite/ hypothermia. My devices are all fully charged, my generator is full of gas and I have all the fixings for hot toddies

Gonna go out on Christmas because of family, hopefully it's just the cold and wind by then and not any snow

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HaleEnd t1_j1f6buf wrote

Nah tons of people here say y’all

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CapeManiac t1_j1f7jj8 wrote

Yeah and NO ONE says "yinz" and 80% of people here have no idea what it means or where it's from.

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RivChk t1_j1ffkr1 wrote

I beg to differ. I have lived in NJ all my life and have never heard a native say y’all. I do hear youse now and again.

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Pkmatrix0079 t1_j1fsmwh wrote

Same! Lived in Jersey my whole life, the only people who say "y'all" are either out of state transplants or people who spent years living outside NJ before coming back. All I've ever heard is either youse or you guys.

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Capable_Elk_3070 t1_j1g3vi5 wrote

Seconding this. My mom is from Long Island and also sometimes says "yous'uns" but I think it's tongue in cheek.

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Superfool t1_j1f92r9 wrote

I'm with you on everything except your first paragraph. Y'all is perfectly acceptable.

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Kitchen_Taro_644 t1_j1fxczp wrote

I like to think that I can say y’all on an as need basis and I justify this by telling myself I’m American

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smurfetteshat t1_j1gj70w wrote

I like y’all. I use it more online than in person though

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