▲ 1265 ▼ The most Texan of all expressions - Y'All - is ungendered and therefore woke (ttrpg.network) submitted 3 years ago* by tissek@ttrpg.network to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world 267 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] pythonoob@programming.dev 9 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (4 children) Y'all is exclusive. All y'all is inclusive. If I walk into a party in a house and a group of my friends are there and I say 'what are y'all doing here?', I'm only talking to my friends. If I walk into my own house and there's a party there and I say 'what are all y'all doing here?' I'm addressing everyone of the hoodlums in my house. Edit: To the person who down voted yet contributed nothing to the convo, please feel obliged to read up on clusivity in linguistics. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] chakan2@lemmy.world 14 points 3 years ago (1 child) I was one of the downvotes. Clusivity, as described in your article does not apply to y'all. It's You All...it will never include the speaker. It'd have to be something like w'all to apply. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 5 points 3 years ago "Anyway, here's wonderw'all" permalink fedilink source parent [–] Art3sian@lemmy.world 13 points 3 years ago* (1 child) We’re very inclusive in Australia also. ‘G’day you bunch of cunts’ means hello to everyone male, female, known and unknown. We’re very polite over here. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] pythonoob@programming.dev 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) How very nice of all you cunts over there permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] hglman@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 years ago (1 child) All Y'all cunts, we just talked about this. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] pythonoob@programming.dev 3 points 3 years ago Whoops. Thanks y'all permalink fedilink source parent [–] gmtom@lemmy.world 9 points 3 years ago (1 child) Getting pressed enough about a single downvote to make an edit is cringe. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] pythonoob@programming.dev 2 points 3 years ago Saying that things other people do are cringe is cringe. permalink fedilink source parent [–] nednobbins@lemm.ee 1 point 3 years ago Yeah. We mostly think of grammatical number as a simple choice of singular vs plural but that's not what we do in real life. We generally have multiple labels that describe the concept of progressively expanding circles of what's included when we think of ourselves. There's the very narrow sense of I/me/myself. We have various expansions around us/all'y'all. Jamaicans have the phrase "I and I" which focuses on the individual but explicitly calls out the connection with others. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] chakan2@lemmy.world 14 points 3 years ago (1 child) I was one of the downvotes. Clusivity, as described in your article does not apply to y'all. It's You All...it will never include the speaker. It'd have to be something like w'all to apply. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 5 points 3 years ago "Anyway, here's wonderw'all" permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 5 points 3 years ago "Anyway, here's wonderw'all" permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Art3sian@lemmy.world 13 points 3 years ago* (1 child) We’re very inclusive in Australia also. ‘G’day you bunch of cunts’ means hello to everyone male, female, known and unknown. We’re very polite over here. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] pythonoob@programming.dev 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) How very nice of all you cunts over there permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] hglman@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 years ago (1 child) All Y'all cunts, we just talked about this. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] pythonoob@programming.dev 3 points 3 years ago Whoops. Thanks y'all permalink fedilink source parent
[–] pythonoob@programming.dev 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) How very nice of all you cunts over there permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] hglman@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 years ago (1 child) All Y'all cunts, we just talked about this. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] pythonoob@programming.dev 3 points 3 years ago Whoops. Thanks y'all permalink fedilink source parent
[–] hglman@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 years ago (1 child) All Y'all cunts, we just talked about this. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] pythonoob@programming.dev 3 points 3 years ago Whoops. Thanks y'all permalink fedilink source parent
[–] pythonoob@programming.dev 3 points 3 years ago Whoops. Thanks y'all permalink fedilink source parent
[–] gmtom@lemmy.world 9 points 3 years ago (1 child) Getting pressed enough about a single downvote to make an edit is cringe. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] pythonoob@programming.dev 2 points 3 years ago Saying that things other people do are cringe is cringe. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] pythonoob@programming.dev 2 points 3 years ago Saying that things other people do are cringe is cringe. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] nednobbins@lemm.ee 1 point 3 years ago Yeah. We mostly think of grammatical number as a simple choice of singular vs plural but that's not what we do in real life. We generally have multiple labels that describe the concept of progressively expanding circles of what's included when we think of ourselves. There's the very narrow sense of I/me/myself. We have various expansions around us/all'y'all. Jamaicans have the phrase "I and I" which focuses on the individual but explicitly calls out the connection with others. permalink fedilink source parent