Do you say "you guys" or "y'all"?

[Shell Beau]

Y'all is so much easier to say and we shorten other words such as don't, doesn't, won't, can't, etc. So I say everyone should start saying Y'all! Plus it is inclusive. You all means everyone.

[swag]

1. I mix it up.

Fuck all y'all, you guys.

[Shell Beau]

6. Well you are saying basically is fuck all you all!

You don't need that extra all. But I guess you want to make sure no one feels left out from the fuck you! Good one! :evilgrin:

[swag]

14. I don't really say that.

But I do mix it up.

Because dad's people were from the Ozarks via Missouri, and Mom's people were sodbusters out on the wind-blown prairie. And I lived and worked for 10 years in DC.

Now I forgot. What do you say?

[Shell Beau]

21. I know you don't. I was teasing. All you guys should stick

with Y'all! Ha! :D

[ghostsofgiants]

2. I say "you cats" or "you kids" usually

And yes, I say kids even when I'm talking to people older than I am, haha.

[Maddy McCall]

3. Both

[Phentex]

41. I say both too.

Probably y'all a little more than you guys.

[Jara sang]

4. Y'all isn't gender specific.

That's why I use it, plus I'm from Virginia.

[Igel]

11. Neither's 'youze guys', at least not the way I grew up using

it in the '60s and '70s.

[Jara sang]

24. Guys isn't gender specific?

Why didn't you say "youse gals"?

[Igel]

30. "Youse gals"?

We'd never say such a thing, unless we were being smart ass.

"Youse guys" wasn't gender specific. And "guys" could easily include a mixed crowd (like Spanish plural adjectives and nouns).

It sounded a bit strange when a man would says "guys" refering to all women, but I've heard women say it.

But "a guy" is obligatorily male.

[Maddy McCall]

15. "you guys" isn't either...

not where I live. I don't take offense if someone refers to a male-female group as "you guys."

[Aristus]

5. Y'all.

The last Texan-ism in my vocabulary holding strong.

[Emops]

7. Sometimes y'all.

There's this water tower on I-75 in Florence, KY, not too far from where I live.

[Phentex]

40. neat picture!

[Mizmoon]

8. I'm partial to "you folks"

It's gender nuetral.

[Shell Beau]

10. Well so is y'all. Folks remind me old country folks!

But it sounds better than you guys!

[Mizmoon]

16. I think if I busted out with a "y'all" here in New York

people might take me to the doctor or something. :)

[Shell Beau]

22. When I was in DC last week, I met a guy who

was born and raised in NY city and still lives there and he was saying y'all. I made a comment on it and he said he hated to say "you guys"!

[Mizmoon]

29. Well maybe I'll become a Texan and feel more comfortable

about it. Here's a thread I posted this morning about possibly buying a house in Galveston. :hi:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x3440441

[Shell Beau]

36. I am sure Galveston would be a great place to live.

Several people around here love to visit there. And I am sure you will adopt "y'all" if you live there long enough.

[eyepaddle]

9. You guys

Which is pretty much a unisex form of address around MN at any rate.

[VelmaD]

12. I'm from Texas...

what do you think? :)

[benddem]

13. said You guys

till I lived in Texas...now Y'all.

[Shell Beau]

18. Y'all is the best, huh? You can't help it when

you hear it all the time. You just pick it up and start saying it!

[eyepaddle]

23. I lived in Louisiana (Lafayette) for a couple of years,

and din't even come CLOSE to altering my speech patterns. A big cause of this was I was working in the oilfield with a bunch of rough characters, and I didn't wanna be halfway between the two dialects. I was concerned that they'd think I was making fun of them or something. I was already the Yankee college boy--I didn't need anything else against me.

Plus, not to disagree too strongly with the OP there is just something about "y'all" and most especiall "fixin'" that just drive me nuts! ;)

[Shell Beau]

25. I don't say fixin'!

I work for an oil company that has some oil fields in LA. I wonder if you were working for ours!! Y'all is the #1 way to go. GO Y'ALL!

[eyepaddle]

26. I was a service hand. I worked for Epoch Well Logging

as a mudlogger (yes people that IS the job title!) I did jobs for Pennzoil, Shell, Phillips, Anadarko, Texaco, and I think one or two others. I was offshore. Wow did I ever hate it offshore :scared:

Is yours on that list (you don't have to be specific)

[Shell Beau]

35. No, we do work with those companies.

I work for a small oil company that owns several oil fields throughout the south and southwest. We do purchase from and sell to those companies though. I am more familiar with the names of the oil fields. I set up division orders for royalty owners.

[BlondieK143]

17. y'all

can't help it! :D

[Shell Beau]

20. Shouldn't have to!

:7

[vivalarev]

19. Over here in philly....

they say "youz guyz"

[kansasblue]

27. In Texas it can even be " all y'all "

[ralps]

28. I either say you all or ya'll

:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:

[tibbir]

31. Y'all all of the time.

[bigwillq]

32. Hi You Guys!

:)

[blue neen]

33. In Pittsburgh it's "younz."

I don't say it too often, but a lot of people do! :)

[Beware the Beast Man]

38. Yinz goin' dahn the iggloo to see the Pens?

:hi:

[last_texas_dem]

34. Y'all is the only way to go

It's gender neutral and much quicker to say. Plus, where I live people would look at you funny if you said "you guys." "You guys" is fairly common, maybe more common, in big cities here in Texas, though. I always feel like a surfer or a valley girl saying it, though! haha

[kick-ass-bob]

37. Y'all!

D'uh!

:silly:

[Burma Jones]

39. y'all

and when I went to College in Illinois, I caught some grief for it even though I have the basic sterile American newscaster accent

[5thGenDemocrat]

42. "Y'all" singular

"All y'all," plural. I must get it from my southern grandfather, as I was born and raised right here in Saginaw.
John
It is now five days, 40 minutes to FUNDAY.

[malmapus]

43. "Y'all"

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