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  • SerLava [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    I grew up in Hawai'i, quite a while ago now, before TikTok or whatever got everyone under 30 to steal "y'all" from black people.

    One time I was hanging out with like 15 people at school and one of the new girls said, in her essentially normal sounding General American/Ohio/Generic accent, "hey do y'all have any lip balm?"

    Literally every person froze, fell silent, and turned and looked directly at her. After about 5 solid seconds a girl said "WHERE... ARE YOU FROM." She was so fucking weirded out, darting her head every which way, "uh.. uh...S-S-South Carolina, I-"

    • axont [she/her, comrade/them]
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      1 year ago

      Yeah it's just a normal word to me. The term that does make my ears perk up is "your guys's." Like "hey I'll need your guys's help later"

      • SerLava [he/him]
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        1 year ago

        Ha yeah "guys's" isn't super normal for me but it's also not that abnormal- due to the lack of "y'all" some people say it. Many people prefer to say " guys' " or "I need all you guys to" etc.