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04-25-2016, 09:11 PM
I use folks in place of guys since it's less gendered and you don't have to have the "wait guy guys or everyone guys" conversation every dang time but I accept that it makes me sound a little hayseed
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04-25-2016, 10:11 PM
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I suppose what so moves me about the word is that y'all works well as the subject to a predicate. Take the sentence, "Y'all need to get on the boat." Not many phrases can replace that; you have "you guys," "you folks", "all you," "you all," etc. And none of those really roll off the tongue in my opinion.
As Slorange said, this is a niche that exists in other languages, like to my knowledge, Spanish, French and German, but it's not there in English.
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04-25-2016, 10:49 PM
Squad is probably my fave
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04-26-2016, 01:48 AM
French has "vous", which is used as both plural "you" and a more formal version of "you". That's what I remember of it, anyways.
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Insouciant:
NZ Herald Wrote:This, combined with the prospect and perception of space, beauty and a largely insouciant attitude, has blinded many tourists when travelling across our country.
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05-17-2016, 02:27 AM
This is going up on the fridge next to "petulant" and "puerile"
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05-17-2016, 02:32 AM
ombudsman: it's fun to say
gemiddelde: dutch for "average", also fun to say
A character on fire WOULDN'T say "I am cold."
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11-10-2016, 05:57 PM
i see y'all's already been brought up, but i'm a fan of "y'all'd've"
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it's not a complicated word. but i like the way it sounds
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