Repeated throughout the meeting, the integration team kept stumbling over “y’all” instead of just saying “you” when talking to us. Clearly, someone thought that - being Texans - we wouldn’t understand them unless the did.
Absolute cringe.
Also, remind me what the difference between y’all and all y’all is again.
All y’all is broader, but I’m not sure how to characterize it. Like if you’re talking to someone who is part of a team, saying y’all could ambiguously refer to the whole team, but all y’all unambiguously refers to the whole team.
Absolute cringe.
Also, remind me what the difference between y’all and all y’all is again.
all’y’all is the plural second person form.
Sheriff, speaking to a number of bandits: All’y’all just put yer guns down and come out with yer hands up so we can end this all peaceful like.
Doesn’t y’all refer to a plural group as well though? You can’t call just one person y’all.
All y’all is broader, but I’m not sure how to characterize it. Like if you’re talking to someone who is part of a team, saying y’all could ambiguously refer to the whole team, but all y’all unambiguously refers to the whole team.
Oh, okay, so just like “all of you” in other dialects, then.
Yeah, more or less.