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		qu4z-2 on Jan 7, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Power surges in Britain caused by millions of peop... And then y'all started talking to each other in plural all the time. (OK, so 'you' was used as a formal singular for a long time too, but I like my version better)

robocat on Jan 7, 2013 [–]

I really love y'all and you'ze - because the grammatical construct exists in other languages such as Spanish.

Those words are used by some English speaking cultures because they are useful.

I wonder of the usage is emergent (independent rediscovery), or a cultural meme transferred from another language?

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