I am a Yankee from a state with a Canadian border.
I started saying y'all because it's ungendered!
this post was submitted on 31 Aug 2023
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People should leave "y'all" alone. It doesn't belong to anyone. It is a natural contraction of "you" and "all" that several cultures have independently produced as part of their vernacular.
What about you'ins?
And now we wait for the inevitable "th'all", just to distinguish from the ever more popular singular they
Coming to a theatre near you.