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Nobody says it anymore (startrek.website)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I've heard it explained that "hey" used to be more of an urgent way to get someone's attention, rather than a casual "hello" like it is now, so it sounded rude to some older folks.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Y'all was different back then too. Now it's the most neutral greeting and that's really odd for my 90s brain.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago (3 children)

I will die on the hill that "y'all" is a more concise way to convey the same information than any of the alternatives.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I haven't gotten a chance to use it yet, but one day the construction "all y'all'd've" will be relevant in my life.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

That not even uncommon in the south!

"Let me try next. All y'all'd've been better off calling me in the first place."

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

I'm pretty sure I've legitimately busted out "y'all'd'n't've" before

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Many languages have a plural second person pronoun, English can too y'all. It's a legitimately useful linguistic feature.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (2 children)

English used to have "ye", but we dropped it. Then we all looked around wondering where it went and had to recreate it.

"Y'all" down south. "Youse" in Philly, New York, Boston, etc. "Yinz" in Pittsburgh.

I think "y'all" is the best choice. I'm not a fan of "youse". "Yinz" doesn't even deserve consideration in my opinion.

Are there any others?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

I am deeply saddened to learn about Yinz. WTF Pittsburgh. What do they got in the water up there?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago

I think we used to, but it fell out of use. Now it rises again with the South. (Wait...)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Tell that to every kid in Texas, that the teacher ever made write "yall is not a word" on the blackboard 100 times.