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this post was submitted on 05 Mar 2024
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English is sorely lacking a second person plural. Y'all fills that gap well and should be adopted over other regional suggestions such as the Jersey youse guys or the dreaded Philly... yinz.
I'd avoid using "dude" as I've heard this specifically as an example that bothered some women.
Y'all is great. I use it often in the North East and only one schmuck ever said anything about it.
Buddy works, but comes off kind of aggressive towards strangers, same with pal or pals, but that may be my own regional affectation showing off.
"Buddy" elicits so many conflicting feelings in me.
People sometimes say that English is easier to learn than Mandarin because the latter has a lot of intonation specific meaning, but there's a very clear difference between "Hey, buddy!" (jocular) that you say to a long loved friend and the "Hey, buddy!" (pejorative) you say to the guy who steals your grocery cart.
I should have seen this coming a mile away
Yeah, I'm trying to avoid dude for that very reason. I just haven't found a suitable replacement for it yet.