UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 day agoI'm from the Y'all zone. Is it offensive to call trans people y'all?lemmy.mlimagemessage-square136fedilinkarrow-up1261arrow-down135file-text
arrow-up1226arrow-down1imageI'm from the Y'all zone. Is it offensive to call trans people y'all?lemmy.mlUltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square136fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareClockworkOtter@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·18 hours agoYinz is definitely a Scots thing
minus-squareTrickDacy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down6·20 hours agoThat’s actually “you’uns” and despite being from the deep south I barely ever heard it growing up. Guessing you are from the south too
minus-squareChainweasel@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·20 hours agoYinz is a Pittsburgh and Pennsyltucky thing
minus-squarefunkless_eck@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·20 hours agoI was editing an Irish comedy recently which used “yinz” and “yiz” a lot.
minus-squareλλλ@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·19 hours agoGenuine question. What is the “tucky” in pennsyltucky? Is it somehow tied to Kentucky?
minus-squareChainweasel@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·18 hours agoYeah, it’s the area south of Pittsburgh near WV, why is it called Pennsyltucky instead of Pennsylvirginia? No idea. But, it’s more of a “here be hillbillies” thing, especially when compared to the rest of the state.
minus-squareTrickDacy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·20 hours agoWow, this is news to me. How does a new word get the s to change to a z like that??
minus-squareSo_zetta_slowpoke@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·14 hours agoYinz goin aht n abaht in dahntahn Picksburgh to watch da Stillers game?
You forgot “Yinz”
Yinz is definitely a Scots thing
That’s actually “you’uns” and despite being from the deep south I barely ever heard it growing up. Guessing you are from the south too
Yinz is a Pittsburgh and Pennsyltucky thing
I was editing an Irish comedy recently which used “yinz” and “yiz” a lot.
Genuine question. What is the “tucky” in pennsyltucky? Is it somehow tied to Kentucky?
Kentucky = Hicks
Yeah, it’s the area south of Pittsburgh near WV, why is it called Pennsyltucky instead of Pennsylvirginia? No idea.
But, it’s more of a “here be hillbillies” thing, especially when compared to the rest of the state.
Wow, this is news to me. How does a new word get the s to change to a z like that??
Yinz goin aht n abaht in dahntahn Picksburgh to watch da Stillers game?