UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 9 days agoI'm from the Y'all zone. Is it offensive to call trans people y'all?lemmy.mlimagemessage-square181fedilinkarrow-up1353arrow-down143file-text
arrow-up1310arrow-down1imageI'm from the Y'all zone. Is it offensive to call trans people y'all?lemmy.mlUltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square181fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareninjaturtle@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·9 days 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-squareFilthyShrooms@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-29 days agoY’all is gender neutral, do so I imagine it’s fine Edit: typo lol
minus-squarermuk@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 days 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.