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The drawl is gone, y'all: Research shows classic Southern accent fading fast (t.uga.edu)

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[–] GiddyGap@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I try actively not to use it, because I associate it with a backward culture.

[–] Silverhand 1 points 1 year ago

I grew up in the southeast US and while I don't think I have a strong accent and have tried to cut other southern things out of my speech, I quite like "y'all". In my opinion it's the best gender neutral second person plural word. Most others are needlessly gendered or sound even weirder.