gmatkins to Austin Texas Community@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoCalifornian migration to Texas increased 80% over 10 years.www.kxan.comexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up113arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up112arrow-down1external-linkCalifornian migration to Texas increased 80% over 10 years.www.kxan.comgmatkins to Austin Texas Community@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square3fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarerobolemmy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 years ago Y’all means all. Weeeellll…… sorta. “Y’all” means everyone you’re talking to. “All y’all” means everyone you’re talking to plus everyone you’re talking about in the current context. That’s how I grew up using it anyway!
minus-squareCylonBunny@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoThe way I was raised, “all y’all” is everyone you are currently addressing, “some y’all” is a subset of the people, “y’all” is sort of ambiguous.
minus-squaregmatkinsOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoThat’s a very literal understanding of the contraction, yes.
Weeeellll…… sorta. “Y’all” means everyone you’re talking to. “All y’all” means everyone you’re talking to plus everyone you’re talking about in the current context. That’s how I grew up using it anyway!
The way I was raised, “all y’all” is everyone you are currently addressing, “some y’all” is a subset of the people, “y’all” is sort of ambiguous.
That’s a very literal understanding of the contraction, yes.