If anyone can find more pixels for me i would appreciate it.

Thanks y’all.

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    Having exported myself from the deep South to Yankee land, “Y’all have a good one!” never fails to brighten the day of someone working a cash register.

    In general, folks up here really like southern politeness. They think sugar wouldn’t melt in my mouth. I get stopped in stores to talk all the time. Pretty frequently, they just give me a discount. I thought Yankees were supposed to be rude, but they’re actually really nice in public.

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    5 hours ago

    “Y’all” has wider reach than this map suggests, particularly in black and queer communities.

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    I’m from “you guys” but I’ve lived in “y’all” and now I’m forever team “y’all,” regardless of where I’m living.

    It’s the best export from the south, except maybe Texas brisket and pecan pie.

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    Y’all is the opposite of offensive for trans people. I lived in the south for a while, and I now use y’all specifically to be inclusive. I wouldn’t say “you guys” is offensive to trans women, but I would say for me and likely other trans women it briefly brings to mind being misgendered in the past, so I would call it a small kindness to ube as gender neutral as possible.

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      Yup, I specifically use y’all and recommend it to people (like my parents) to replace gendered phrases, and I’m not from the y’all zone.

      Still up for debate, “dude” and “hun/hon”.

      *I’m a trans woman also

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    I would have thought that “y’all” is even more so gender neutral and therefore less offensive/more accepted. It’s a contraction of “you all” right?

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    People who don’t even live in the USA saying “y’all” is pure pain

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      18 hours ago

      I say “all of y’all” and make a point to really emphasize the “'”.

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        14 hours ago

        You say “of?”

        I thought it was basically all y’all

        Or all’o’y’all