Every once in a while I sometimes think about remaking the English writing system, as is normal I’m sure😅, and I wonder what would be the most useful revision of punctuation or phonetic.

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    10 months ago

    “Most useful” is a pretty big role to fill but a proper second person plural would be great. The rednecks unironically got it best with y’all

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      10 months ago

      ¡For real😁 I use it all the time with my Texan friends and it’s great! It’s nice feeling like I’m speaking similar to them but also I didn’t realise how much I use the words “you guys” outside of writing.

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      10 months ago

      Funny thing, I think that a plural you was dropped in the beginning because the Brits were trying to escape French and German royalty requiring formal address using the plural form.

      I use “yous” when distinction is needed.

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        10 months ago

        The phrase “you all” doesn’t actually fit in the English standardization though and is itself just shorthand for “all of you [individuals],” which just highlights how clunky English handles second person plurals.

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          10 months ago

          hence my preference for “YOU’UNS” because if you’re going to be grammatically repugnant then embrace it.