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		ssimpson on Dec 19, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: In Defense of Y'All Y'all is Texas' gift to inclusivity. When I joined a dev team that wasn't just guys, I worked hard to get away from saying "you guys", not because someone said I needed to, but because I felt that I needed to. Y'all worked because I came from Texas and its inclusive of everyone on the team. It has been my personal policy to use that in leu of "you guys" in all situations since then.

Beermotor on Dec 19, 2024 [–]

Y'all is a feature of general Southern vernacular and has nothing to do with Texas other than most of the settlers of Tejas were from the South.

yamazakiwi on Dec 19, 2024 | [–]

Also saying things are a feature of Texas is a feature of Texas.

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