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to combat "hey guys" a friend of mine made a site that will give you a gender neutral alternative every time you refresh
@tcql hey muggles!!
@tcql @inmysocks One of the big flaws in English - no good 2nd-person-plural. As a Midwestern, I grew up saying "you guys", but anymore I've started using plurals like "y'all/you all", "you lot", "you two", etc. to get away from "you guys".
@Mentalina @inmysocks it's a real shame that y'all has regional / social connotations for many folks - it's such a wonderful & logical construction
@inmysocks @tcql I KNOW! "Y'all" is so useful and elegant, and it stinks that it has this unfair connotation of ignorance or lack of education. I hope it catches on broadly outside of the South and loses that.