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Am southern.

Please use y'all. Y'all who don't use it don't know what y'all are missing.



"Y'all" is the Latin tu/tui/tibi/te/te, and "All y'all" is vos/vestri/vobis/vos/vobis, right?


Y'all can be singular or plural. All y'all is plural.


In Texas it’s ‘what all’y’all are missing’


Pittsburgh also has "yinz."


>> don't know what y'all are missing

shouldn't this be "don't know what y'all is missing"?


Possibly, depending on regional dialect.

Also acceptable is "what y'all're" or "what-y'all're".

Edit" also "t'y'all're". Note that many of these sound much better said then they look written.




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