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This cool map shows the regional differences between people to say “ya’ll” and people who say “you” — along with those who say “you all” and “you guys”.
In parts of Ohio they say Yins. No joke. Although, that spelling is no doubt wrong. It sounds like “You Ones” but really really fast. I think this is proof that the English language is desperately in need of an official word for 2nd person plural.
@Peaches: Au Contrair… in Texas it is “ya’ll” as a contraction of “ya all”.
I’m not the first to say it: here in Kentucky we say y’all. And I grew up near Pittsburgh, and there they say yinz. Funnily enough, I’ve adopted y’all, and you (or all y’all) will never catch me saying yinz, except in jest. I grew up saying you guys (as in “Wait up, you guys!” whined at my older brothers and cousins).
we say y’all in VT…not that most of the USA remembers that we’re not a part of Canada…
Depending on where you are and who you talk to in VA, DC, MD, WV, and KY, you could hear you all, y’all, or you guys. I’m in MD and use both y’all and you guys.
There is a whole survey associated with this, and other maps for what people call “soda”, “shotgun”, “u-turns” and so forth. Of course they can’t use those words in the questions, so they end up being pretty humorous. Probably the most famous thing to come out of UWM.
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