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minus-squareAppoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 year agoIt’s just you. In Germany we need to think about the position of the peer and if professional or casual.
minus-squareBigNote@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoVirtually all known languages do this, only some do it through the use of grammar. This thread is full of bad linguistics.
minus-squareGork@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoYeah, the word “you” is a good example as well. The only issue with “you” is that it lacks a plural version so we have to use the Southern “y’all” instead. Some people go even further with a mass plural “all y’all”.
minus-squaresamus12345@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-21 year ago“All of you.” More unwieldy, but doesn’t sound rustic.
minus-squareArmoredUrethra@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-21 year agoYinz is my preferred term, if we’re going for regional words.
It’s just you.
In Germany we need to think about the position of the peer and if professional or casual.
Virtually all known languages do this, only some do it through the use of grammar.
This thread is full of bad linguistics.
Yeah, the word “you” is a good example as well.
The only issue with “you” is that it lacks a plural version so we have to use the Southern “y’all” instead. Some people go even further with a mass plural “all y’all”.
the all y’all sounds fun
“All of you.” More unwieldy, but doesn’t sound rustic.
Yinz is my preferred term, if we’re going for regional words.
You’uns
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