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		harimau777 on Dec 19, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: In Defense of Y'All I picked up "y'all" in English when I started studying Spanish. After using "plural you" constructions in Spanish I found myself wanting them when speaking English.

BitwiseFool on Dec 19, 2024 [–]

I hadn't considered y'all the English equivalent of vosotros, but this makes perfect sense.

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