abobla@lemm.ee to Science@beehaw.orgEnglish · edit-22 years agoThe drawl is gone, y'all: Research shows classic Southern accent fading fastt.uga.eduexternal-linkmessage-square44fedilinkarrow-up190arrow-down10
arrow-up190arrow-down1external-linkThe drawl is gone, y'all: Research shows classic Southern accent fading fastt.uga.eduabobla@lemm.ee to Science@beehaw.orgEnglish · edit-22 years agomessage-square44fedilink
minus-squareAdramis [he/him]@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoAll y’all is broader, but I’m not sure how to characterize it. Like if you’re talking to someone who is part of a team, saying y’all could ambiguously refer to the whole team, but all y’all unambiguously refers to the whole team.
minus-squareCanadaPluslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 years agoOh, okay, so just like “all of you” in other dialects, then.
All y’all is broader, but I’m not sure how to characterize it. Like if you’re talking to someone who is part of a team, saying y’all could ambiguously refer to the whole team, but all y’all unambiguously refers to the whole team.
Oh, okay, so just like “all of you” in other dialects, then.
Yeah, more or less.