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Anonymous Mon Jul 12 07:12:44 2010 No.903256 [Reply] [Original]

Is the word "we" a collective pronoun?

If not, then what is it?

Thanks /lit/

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 12 07:20:44 2010 No.903270 Yes.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 12 07:21:10 2010 No.903274 >>903254 STＯｐ fＵＣkiＮＧ aｔTＡＣｋｉnＧ_wＷＷ.ａnｏlＡWltａlK.Ｓe rEｐLａｃＥｌAＷｌ_WＩｔＨ_n w vlmqgorvy u fibgpuz ade r uy wtmva j a wq

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 12 07:21:44 2010 No.903273 No, it's a verb meaning to urinate

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 12 07:24:44 2010 No.903280 y'all is. As someone who learned English as a second language, it boggles my mind that the English plural "you" is so hated by most of the populous.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 12 07:26:44 2010 No.903283 For example: My dog is not housebroken, so it likes to we on the floor

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 12 07:28:44 2010 No.903289 >>903280 That's just a product of economization. It's too much work to say "you all"

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 12 07:30:44 2010 No.903291 >>903289 Indeed but most other languages do have a plural "you". Ex: Sie in German.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 12 07:41:44 2010 No.903318 >>903291 You was originally just the plural. Thou used to be the singular. Now you is the singular for some people and y'all is the plural.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 12 08:11:54 2010 No.903360 >>903255 ｓtｏP fＵCkＩｎg aTｔAｃｋＩＮg_ｗｗｗ.AｎｏLａWｌｔalｋ.SE rｅｐＬAcｅ Lａwl ｗiｔｈ_n ardcepzdpfjugahupl s jn bztiy ftj jdbglpea

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 12 08:15:44 2010 No.903364 y'all is terrible fucking English. 'you all' isn't even correct.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 12 08:16:44 2010 No.903367 >>903364 What would you use as a plural you then?

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 12 08:19:44 2010 No.903376 >>903367 Youse cunts.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 12 08:35:44 2010 No.903401 >>903376 Youse _fucking_ cunts.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 12 08:48:59 2010 No.903423 >>903255 SＴOp_ｆｕCｋｉnＧ AｔＴＡｃＫＩＮｇ_ＷｗＷ.aNoｌａwＬtAlＫ.ＳｅｒEpＬAＣｅ_LＡｗｌ_ＷIth Ｎ e dvgzt lge s cqgljmwkghk c t n vbq v k m n

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 12 17:21:08 2010 No.904794 >>903318 Except "ye" was the plural.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 12 17:26:23 2010 No.904821 >>904794 Ye was nominative (subject), You was accusative (object).

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 12 17:31:56 2010 No.904837 In Ireland, 'ye' is a commonly used word. Because in Irish we had a 'you plural'. We still need one sometimes. Though, we don't always use it. It's kinda informal slang still.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 12 17:33:41 2010 No.904844 >>904837 Aye okay.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 12 17:35:50 2010 No.904847 "You guys" seems to be the American standard colloquial expression. What a terrible idiom. Whenever I hear someone say it I almost always imagine them saying something stupid like, "you guys! Guys? Wait for me!" if you understand what I'm getting at.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 12 17:39:00 2010 No.904864 >>904837 Youse fucking _Irish_ cunts.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 12 17:48:45 2010 No.904899 >>904847 "Guys" is also gender neutral.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 12 17:51:36 2010 No.904920 I heard a man say "all y'all", once. I guess he really needed to stress the completion of his address.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 12 17:52:57 2010 No.904921 >>904847 yinz, y'all etc.