@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 1 month agoI'm from the Y'all zone. Is it offensive to call trans people y'all?lemmy.mlimagemessage-square152fedilinkarrow-up1347arrow-down149file-text
arrow-up1298arrow-down1imageI'm from the Y'all zone. Is it offensive to call trans people y'all?lemmy.ml@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 1 month agomessage-square152fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish14•1 month agoI’m not from the south and use “y’all” all the time. Find it very useful for filling in a gap that English has and slightly faster than saying “you all”. Its gender neutral in my opinion. Never once thought of it as offensive.
minus-square@FilthyShroomslink4•edit-21 month agoY’all is gender neutral, do so I imagine it’s fine Edit: typo lol
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•1 month agoWe’re talking about Southern US pronunciation so much that I read your comment from “do I” onwards as if it was being spoken like a Southern Belle.
I’m not from the south and use “y’all” all the time. Find it very useful for filling in a gap that English has and slightly faster than saying “you all”. Its gender neutral in my opinion.
Never once thought of it as offensive.
Y’all is gender neutral,
doso I imagine it’s fineEdit: typo lol
We’re talking about Southern US pronunciation so much that I read your comment from “do I” onwards as if it was being spoken like a Southern Belle.