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4th person pronoun? (startrek.website)
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[–] [email protected] 40 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Or "y'all"

Saying "chat" to address a group or room full of people isn't different at all from addressing them as "y'all"

[–] [email protected] 17 points 9 months ago (1 children)

All y'all more specifically

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Regional differences :)

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago

Except y'all is a second person plural, and I think 'chat' here is still functioning as a noun.