In your part of the county, how do you indicate that "you" is plural?

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Significant_Can_2245@reddit

I’ve never said just “you” when referring to multiple people and I don’t think I’ve ever heard it either. I would say “you all” or “y’all”.

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Dazzling-Climate-318@reddit

Youz guyz was when I was a child where I grew up. I even recall hearing the head majorette saying this to the other majorettes, no males included in the conversation at all.

Here it would be you all, or we, depending on the circumstance.

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Lokisworkshop@reddit

why would you only invite one person to an orgy?

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Quirky-Invite7664@reddit

Is it still an orgy with only 2 people?

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I mean… when you get a wedding invitation addressed to only you, would you wonder why the couple only wants one guest there, or would you assume other people were mailed their own invitations? It’s the same when you receive a card to RVSP to an orgy.

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NewAnything8221@reddit

Gotta be at least 6 people for an orgy

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BouncingSphinx@reddit

You guys or y'all (which can be tricky because y'all can also be used as singular).

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thecryptidmusic@reddit

"You's", but that isn't so much the norm for Northeast PA (that's more Philly). Sometimes it's "You All" or "All-a-ya's".

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Proof-Republic-7587@reddit

Oh, right! All-a-yas, or All-yas. Both very common in Reading, PA.

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Patrizio_Argento@reddit

I say, 'you people'

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LABELyourPHOTOS@reddit

"You guys wanna come?"

(we use guys for a group and it could be men or women)

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nonstopflux@reddit

Yall, youse, and yinz are also appropriate for the plural you.

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Proof-Republic-7587@reddit

I don’t know about yinz, but y’all and youse (at least around Philly/the main line) can also mean singular.

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Proof-Republic-7587@reddit

Oh, and “youse/youse guys” in Philly can also be pronounced “yuz/yuz guys”

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Aquarius_K@reddit

yins is definitely used in the south.

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Emergency-Poem-8963@reddit

"Ya'll" makes sense.

"Yinz" might be lead poisoning

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Proof-Republic-7587@reddit

“Ya’ll” actually doesn’t make sense, but “y’all” does. ;)

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Proof-Republic-7587@reddit

Oh, no, I know the word. I just meant I don’t know if “yinz” is both singular and plural the way y’all and youse are. I haven’t spoken to enough Pittsburgh people..

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ljculver64@reddit

If heard You'ins. No idea where they were from

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tiger_guppy@reddit

Sometimes you’ll even hear a “youse guys” to make it even clearer

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Proof-Republic-7587@reddit

Right. “Youse” is the same as “you” in that it’s both singular and plural. “Youse guys” is always plural.

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kerutland@reddit

Y’all can be singular or plural. If one wishes to emphatically indicate plural, one says “all y’all”

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Metagator@reddit

I thought " yinz" was a Pittsburgh thing...

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doctorjazz12345@reddit

Yinz? Who says yinz?

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anclwar@reddit

Pittsburgh. It's pretty hyper specific to Pittsburgh and only Pittsburgh.

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tryptanfelle@reddit

I’ve heard it in Pittsburgh and, interestingly, in Western North Carolina among the Cherokees.

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TheCloudForest@reddit

I've even seen you guys used on the Golden Girls, so it's not something recent to use that phrase when talking to women.

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GuadDidUs@reddit

My family was all women growing up in the early 90s. My mom frequently referred to us as "You guys". I was so confused when people on the internet were claiming it's not gender neutral.

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Effective_Coach7334@reddit

it was mostly women objecting to being referred to as 'guys'

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GuadDidUs@reddit

Yes, and as a woman I found that confusing, as me and my sister were frequently referred to as guys by my mom.

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shelwood46@reddit

When I was the only woman in fire school back in the 80s, I would object when the instructor referred to us as "gentlemen" or "lads" and mildly object to "fellas", but guys/you guys was totally fine.

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tryptanfelle@reddit

Gen-Xers could tell you that when we were kids, every episode of The Electric Company began with, “Hey, You Guyyyyyyyyyyyyyys!”

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LABELyourPHOTOS@reddit

Yeah, not new at all. I'm older than the Golden girls were.

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TheCloudForest@reddit

Indeed. I think a lot of people would assume that it's a newfangled gender neutral thing, but, evidence says otherwise.

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telemajik@reddit

I’ve seen “folks” gaining traction in corporate settings.

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HMonster224@reddit

Yes, this is peak corporate America speak - has been a thing for a long time.

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Dry-Past-7575@reddit

My lit prof said “guy” referred to Guy Fawkes. It was originally intended as a comment that you looked unkempt like a Guy Fawkes effigy before burning. He said it was gender neutral. FWIW.

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tryptanfelle@reddit

Guy does come from Guy Fawkes. It began to refer to the dummy used for burning, and then for a generic person, and then a male generic person (as a singular).

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joellecarnes@reddit

I used to greet customers at work like that but then any time it was a group of just women they would get mad. Then I switched to y'all bc it was easier and people made fun of me because it was the midwest. I literally couldn't win lol

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princessm1423@reddit

And that could work for either example

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jmstrats@reddit

I’m a ‘you guys’ person as well, however my dad was a ‘you people’ kinda guy.
I hated that. It sounds off putting to me.

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ProfessionalCat7640@reddit

I read that in a Borat voice. "I like-a you peoples!"

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unthused@reddit

Also mine and most commonly used in my area (mid-atlantic on the coast). Hearing "ya'll" drives me a little nuts but thankfully rare.

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cranberry_spike@reddit

You guys has long been our default as well.

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Lycaeides13@reddit

Same

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immew1996@reddit

Same

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Ruth-Stewart@reddit

You if the context is clear. You guys, you all, or y’all otherwise. Sometimes all y’all!

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Excellent_Economy762@reddit

In the south west say y'all

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AdelleDeWitt@reddit

You guys. The possessive is "your guys's"

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Sociolinguisticians@reddit

Depends which side of Pennsylvania. Western PA has a lot of Pittsburgh influence, so you might hear “Yinz” as the equivalent phrase to “y’all.”

In Philly as far as I know they just use “you all,” “you guys.” Pretty big standard stuff.

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Quirky_Commission_56@reddit

Y’all!

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la-anah@reddit

My hometown said "youse guys."

For most of the state "you" is used for both and meaning is infered via context. But "y'all" is making some real inroads, even up here in Massachusetts.

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401jamin@reddit

This is the same for me. Rhode Island / south eastern MA

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libananahammock@reddit

Philly?

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la-anah@reddit

No, southeastern MA.

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Aggressive-Emu5358@reddit

They also do this in Southern Colorado. Along with pluralizing the name of any business that’s named after a family. “Walmarts, JC Pennys, Ross’s”

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sluttypidge@reddit

Y'all

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LongOrganization7838@reddit

Yall or youze, or to annoy people yinz

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Quirky-Invite7664@reddit

Pittsburghers = Yinzers

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LongOrganization7838@reddit

That just sounds like a slur

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IndicationAromatic36@reddit

‘Hey, yinz coming over for the game tonight?’

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shelwood46@reddit

"No, these dishes needs wash."

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letsgooncemore@reddit

Jagoff is the insult of choice

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Quirky-Invite7664@reddit

Nah, it’s true. We say “Yinz.”

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Someguyinamechsuit@reddit

"you" is singular until defined as plural. When in doubt add a clarifying word Here's some examples

"Would you like to go camping?" (Singular)

"Would you all like to go camping?" (Plural)

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FoggyGoodwin@reddit

You all, y'all

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examinat@reddit

“You guys.”

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nomuggle@reddit

We say “Youse” here in Philly.

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Angel89411@reddit

We say y'all down here. It works for every situation with more than one person.

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deafinitely-faeris@reddit

I use y'all for both writing and speaking, sometimes I'll say yuns when speaking. I realize how hillbilly that might make me sound but it's pretty second nature in the region of Appalachia I'm from 😂

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Sea_Macaron_7962@reddit

I say “y’all” but it took me like 13 years to do it. I was originally from a part of the country that u don’t use it.

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HMonster224@reddit

Born in NJ, live in TX. I use y'all completely unironically in Texas because it's just what you say here, but when I go back home to visit I automatically adjust myself to "you guys".

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sean8877@reddit

When I lived up north: "You guys", now that I'm in the south: "Y'all"

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BrazilianButtCheeks@reddit

Yall

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Glum-Welder1704@reddit

I'll use "y'all" occasionally, even though I'm not southern.

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ATLien_3000@reddit

Y'all. Or all y'all.

That's how we do it in my part of Fulton County.

Also, I think they do it the same way in south Fulton County.

North Fulton county is overrun with carpetbaggers, though, so they probably just say "you" or "you" as appropriate.

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HonestLemon25@reddit

All of y’all is one of my favorite phrases.

“Alluhyall”

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ShelbyDriver@reddit

That's how all y'all southerners do it.

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riarws@reddit

I’ve lived there before and they still said y’all. It’s too useful not to adopt immediately.

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ATLien_3000@reddit

It's become much more rare up there in the last 10 years.

The Black population keeps the southern vernacular going more than anything in Atlanta and south.

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jess8771@reddit

I say "yinz" when I text and "you guys" when I'm talking out loud

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LankyJeep@reddit

Y’all short for you all

And if your from Pittsburgh it’s Yinz (only 3 counties in the whole country use this slang, it’s very regional)

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doomgeneration91@reddit

I’d say “ Hey we’re planning an orgy, would y’all like to come?”

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wheninrome5000@reddit (OP)

What if you wanted to avoid the invitee from bringing a partner ?

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doomgeneration91@reddit

If I just wanted a singular person I’d say I am having an orgy would you like to come and if they said oh can I bring Kyle I’d say, mmm no thank you

And then they’d say well I’ll have to think about it and talk it over with Kyle

And I’d say okay, keep me posted!

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Aquarius_K@reddit

In the south we say Y'ALL lol. I personally say "you all" so I feel fancy.

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rcjhawkku@reddit

Officially: From context. If you and your significant other are there, we mean both of you.

Unofficially: You guys, all you guys, youse guys, y’all, or even all y’all.

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Aggressive-Emu5358@reddit

“Y’all”

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Relative_Specific217@reddit

Y’all is the plural

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Skard_57@reddit

I usually use 'you guys' or 'you all' to indicate plural. Like "do you guys want to leave?", or "How do you all feel about pizza for dinner?"

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Sea-Chain7394@reddit

This is the way. None of that blasphemous Y'all nonsense

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FiteTonite@reddit

I find it more blasphemous to say you all instead of y’all.

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Sea-Chain7394@reddit

Bah humbug

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Key_Beach_3846@reddit

…..do y’all not say y’all in Kentucky?

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Sea-Chain7394@reddit

Some do Some don't. We're kinda 50% southern 50% Appalachian and 50% Midwestern lol

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cootiegurl@reddit

Lol, I love this description. It's much the same here in Missouri.

"You'uns," (pronounced "yunz") is a common one used by older folks in the rural south-central part of the state where I grew up. Most of the folks I know who say it tend to be people from my grandparents' generation (born in the 1940s) who grew up in a farming community with little access to education.

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Illustrious-Shirt569@reddit

Same here.

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tranquilrage73@reddit

"You all"

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moonwillow60606@reddit

I use y’all.

Or all yall depending on context.

From NC

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Weary_Capital_1379@reddit

Only in the South.

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pawsplay36@reddit

I've heard it in enough contexts to know y'all is becoming mainstreamed throughout the country. Gen Z says it.

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southernfirm@reddit

Because it was the best option for the English Language's second person plural opening. What else is better? Yins? Youse? You Lot? You guys? Absolutely not. Y'all rolls off the tongue. It is as sweet as iced tea, and just as welcoming. The only reason people resist it is, you know, the stuff we got into down here a few years back.

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Cavalcades11@reddit

Honestly there were a lot of “y’all” users in upstate NY. It threw me off when I first heard it.

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nomadschomad@reddit

Same in Central CA. Country must be country-wide.

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creatyvechaos@reddit

"Ya'll" hasn't been south exclusive for st least two decades

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moonwillow60606@reddit

Well I’m in IL now but I still use y’all.

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Weary_Capital_1379@reddit

But you’re from the south?

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moonwillow60606@reddit

I know.

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JustAnotherDay1977@reddit

Southern IL?

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moonwillow60606@reddit

Chicagoland. I still have my drawl.

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OK_Stop_Already@reddit

no. not true at all.

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FivebyFive@reddit

Right but that was the question..."In your part of the country"

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kdani17@reddit

And in PA between the yinz and the youse.

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ALoungerAtTheClubs@reddit

Plenty of people, especially Black people, say y'all outside of the south.

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Weary_Capital_1379@reddit

Because of Southern roots. If not them their forebears.

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Js987@reddit

Y’all has become a lot more common outside the south over time. I’ve heard it deep into youse guys territory.

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Consistent_Mouse8310@reddit

Yuns (youns?) is also accepted where I’m from (TN).

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buttchugreferee@reddit

I've even been known to say yunses or sometimes yernses

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Consistent_Mouse8310@reddit

lol yunses. I love it.

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buttchugreferee@reddit

Try it on sometime, especially if you're a little drunk. I think you'll enjoy it.

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vita77@reddit

Y’all is singular.

All y’all is plural.

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moonwillow60606@reddit

Not exactly.

“You” is singular. Do you want to come over to study?

“Y’all” is plural. Do y’all (you all) want to come over for dinner?

“All y’all” refers to a group. We’re having a cookout. All y’all should come on Saturday.

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SalvationArbys@reddit

You is also the plural form of thou, making ya’ll and all ya’ll even more exponentially plural

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Helpyjoe88@reddit

That's incorrect.

Y'all is "you all" - its always plural.

'You' would be used for a singular subject.

People sometimes misunderstand this, as they may hear a sentence where 'y'all' is spoken to a single person, but they're missing that other people are understood as included in that subject.

If I tell my friend "You should come over for dinner", I'm inviting him. If I say to him "Y'all come over for dinner" then it's understood by the plural nature of "y'all" that that the invitation is not for him alone, but for a group that he is part of (eg his family).

"All y'all' would be used to indicate a large or extended group. (Say his mom, dad, and brother are in town. 'All y'all come over' would be used to show that those extended family members are also included in the invitation.)

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tonna33@reddit

I'm a Minnesotan that married a Texan and lived in Texas for awhile. The first time I heard "All y'all" I lost it laughing way too much.

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ReplacementActual384@reddit

As a Texan I would think "is this person okay?"

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otetrapodqueen@reddit

Yes! I grew up mostly in East Tennessee!

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moonwillow60606@reddit

Ooh. My dad’s family is from near there. SWVA. Near Jonesville va

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Fluid_Actuary1729@reddit

Same. From VA, with NC roots.

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macrocosm93@reddit

All a' y'alls

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Apart_Pineapple2392@reddit

And a you's. If your Italian American. "Yous guys"

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creatyvechaos@reddit

"Yous" is breaching WA as we speak. Idk what the hell is with the uptick in people saying it but my tongue itches every time they do

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michelle1072@reddit

Of course ya'll!

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CarolynDesign@reddit

Y'all if I'm just vaguely referring to a group of multiple people, or even a singular person sometimes.

All y'all of I'm being a bit more specific in my intent.

Like, if you're inviting people over, "Why don't y'all come by?" could be interpreted as either an invite for one person only, but " Why don't all y'all come by?" clearly refers to multiple people if I wanted, say, an entire household to show up.

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revuhlution@reddit

Y'all is such a good addition to the English language

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ToumaKazusa1@reddit

Well "some of y'all come over here" makes sense. So if you want to clarify that you are talking to everyone, you can specifiy

All (of? y'all

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evaj95@reddit

Lol same here!

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DEADFLY6@reddit

Yuinz.

Yall.

All yall.

You motherfuckers.

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tryptanfelle@reddit

“You guys” is the most common, but there are some parts of New York City that use yous. My Italian grandmother in Buffalo used to use yous, too.

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Rumpled_NutSkin@reddit

""Y'all"

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BluebirdJolly7970@reddit

Sometimes it’s just said in the singular, but you’re making eye contact with multiple people- looking between them -so it’s inferred that you’re talking to everyone.

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FireBallXLV@reddit

In my part of the Southern US ( before all that Yankee transplants ) we said “ Yu’all” for several people . For a large group of people we said “ ALL Yu’all” .

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cyvaquero@reddit

Fron you’ns/yunz live in y’all.

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Docnevyn@reddit

Y’all

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DaSloBlade@reddit

Y'all

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quietlywatching6@reddit

As an ESL teacher, the answer is this is a highly contextual part of the English language, we use various methods, but most common its called previous placement. AKA, we have already established in the conversation if you are singular or plural for all following conversations, and if you plan to change that you must state that change in noun count. Unless this follows a pre-exist, social script that all parties know and are expected to follow. Despite regional commonality to use y'all vs. you guys, we are seeing that less regionally and more cultural influenced with gen Z and younger.

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IndicationAromatic36@reddit

I’m not a native, but in the Pittsburgh PA area you say Yinz. For example, ‘hey are yinz coming out to the bar?’

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Courwes@reddit

Y’all

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ShesGotaChicken2Ride@reddit

In southern states it’s “ya’ll” which is a combined form of “you all.” Do \~\~you all\~\~ ya’ll wanna’ come to dinner tonight?

In many other areas of the US you add the word “guys.” While “a guy” means a male, as in, I saw a guy walking down the street,” “guys” with an s at the end and after the word “you” it means a group of people non-specific to gender. “Do you guys want to come to dinner tonight?”

But beware after the word of, because if you see a group “of guys” walking down the street that means, specifically, a group of males.

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K_N0RRIS@reddit

"Y'all"

You + All

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Yeahboyeah@reddit

"You guys" even if it's girls, when we were young. "You folks" when we were adults. Oregon

Although I do have a weakness for "Youz" as Chazz Palminteri said in "A Bronx Tale"

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Usual_Profile1607@reddit

I'm in California and I use y'all. You guys is more common but y'all is gender neutral and there is no way I'm switching to youse

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SandstoneCastle@reddit

I sometimes use "Y'all" but it's not so common in my part of the country.

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Crayshack@reddit

Either context or "you guys." I don't like that far from where "youse" is used.

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Available-Egg-2380@reddit

You guys, y'all, motherfuckers, etc

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indifferentunicorn@reddit

Youse

What youse want for dinner tonight?

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waynofish@reddit

Y'all

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evlmgs@reddit

"you fuckers" usually does the job..

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alphaturducken@reddit

Y'all = everyone in a particular group All y'all = everyone, regardless of group

Kinda like "fish" could mean 15 catfish and "fishes" could mean 2 guppies, a trout, and a handful of salmon

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WinterRevolutionary6@reddit

Y’all

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CamBam9876@reddit

Y’all

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mcculloughpatr@reddit

‘You guys’ in general.

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Vyckerz@reddit

"you guys"

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Vachic09@reddit

I use y'all for plural.

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sierra-echo-november@reddit

Not southern but I use yall

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Curmudgy@reddit

It’s usually clear from context or body language which is intended. If I’m in a group and want to ask someone to dinner, it would be clear I’m talking just to them, or else I’d say “anyone want to come to dinner” or use body language to make it clear I’m talking to the entire group. Or talk softly so that it’s clear I’m just talking to the one person.

Sometimes I’ll say “folks”, but often that’s more to get the attention of a group of people than to grammatically indicate I’m asking everyone. Or I’ll say “anyone want to” as a way of indicating I mean the entire group.

The common regionalisms y’all, yinz, and youse aren’t in my vocabulary, notwithstanding having grown up in NYC.

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fatpad00@reddit

Thats what the 2nd person plural "y'all" is for.

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DryPomegranate2753@reddit

Where I grew up, “yous”
Where I live now, “y’all”

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meenadu@reddit

In NY we would say yous or you guys or even yous guys lol.

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Careliza0620@reddit

I live in Florida. It’s ‘y’all’ all the way!

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samceefoo@reddit

Y'all! "Y'all want to head out for some beers or what"

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SphericalCrawfish@reddit

We don't. Context carries all the weight.

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BaconEggCheeseToGo@reddit

Yinz

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Sufficient_Career713@reddit

Some people say yinz where I’m from but that is a very specific regional/class thing. It’s almost more of a joke, unfortunately, bc yinz is great!

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Multidream@reddit

Y’allz is second person plural down hee ah in jawrja

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Whybaby16154@reddit

I use “you two” to indicate a couple of people

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milkandsugar@reddit

Y'all, so automatically said that I have never had to think about it, ever.

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rainbowbekbek@reddit

"Y'all" is my favorite word in the English language!

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__HEATHER@reddit

Yall

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Informal-Cobbler-546@reddit

“Ya’ll” and I’m on the west coast. I also say “you guys”.

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meepgorp@reddit

Grew up with "y'ins"
Lived mostly with "yous"
Chose to adopt "y'all"

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DarthKnah@reddit

For groups, “You all” or “you guys” is what I grew up with in South Florida. “Y’all” is starting to spread everywhere, but I don’t consider that organic in this part of the country yet. “You” plus a hand gesture also gets the meaning across.

“You two” or “you three” works well for those numbers.

Honestly, I feel like “you” is rarely unclear. If I’m in a group and addressing one person, I’d use their name.

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CommanderKrieger@reddit

I don’t think I’ve ever used just “you” in a plural context. If I have, I obviously didn’t realize it. It’s always accompanied something else to make it plural. You all, you guys, you and yours, etc.

It’s honestly easier to say “y’all” and call it good with that. You for one person, y’all for multiple people.

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TsundereLoliDragon@reddit

You guys.

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MiddlePop4953@reddit

It's usually obvious from context but I usually use "y'all" for groups

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Theycallmesupa@reddit

When i say yall

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Fair-Flower6907@reddit

You guys, you all, all of you, some of you (usually for friends with multiple kids, ex: would some or all of you like to join us for hot dogs tonight?).

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Under_A_Full_M00n@reddit

Y'all

It's singular, plural, a group, a gander, a murder.

It covers everything.

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actuallykat@reddit

You all/y'all/all of y'all/you guys/you and yours

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Lemon_Poppies@reddit

You guys wanna come fuck this this elephant later? Cool, see you at 6.

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pikkdogs@reddit

Yous Guys is a popular one. There is no "one" way to do it.

The south says "ya'll" and Pennsylvania says "yuns", everyone else just makes things up as needed.

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Straight_Mind_5192@reddit

Youz guyz™️

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Little-Pixie-Belle@reddit

Context

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KYLEquestionmark@reddit

generally people from my area use "you guys" however my family says "y'all" and it occasionally slips out of me

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NegotiationLow2783@reddit

All y'all come on over.

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AnchBusFairy@reddit

I grew up with you guys as your plural, but it's confusing, particularly online. When written, you don't know the context and can't hear the stress, which indicates if everyone is being addressed or just the guys.
It's a problem when asking for assistance in moving furniture. Frequently, only the guys are asked to help, and so "guys" is understood to mean guys. Really, you want people who are strong, gender doesn't matter. I try to go with "you all" or "listen up," but habits are difficult to break. The only difficulty with you all is that it comes off as y'all, which sounds regional and it's often used as singular in that region. So what? Make "you" and "all" distinct if you don't want to sound Southern.

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helloitsmejenkem@reddit

"Do you bitches want to come over tonight or are yall gonna pussy out like last time"?

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CapinWinky@reddit

"You" is already the plural form. It drifting towards singular hundreds of years ago is because context clues made the already existing singular, "thou", unessesary in most cases. One word for both was good enough.

To the point of the question, if "you" doesn't already imply the entire group in context, I use "you all", but that is rarely necessary.

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jigokubi@reddit

Considering I will always, without exception, say something like "you guys" or "everyone" when addressing more than one person, maybe we should have kept "thou."

Or we could resurrect "ye."

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Ginger630@reddit

I usually use “you all” or “you guys.”

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nomadschomad@reddit

Y’all

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Ill-Security4620@reddit

Either you guys or you all

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RhaecerysTargaryen@reddit

Y'all

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krendyB@reddit

Y’all.

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DrBlankslate@reddit

It depends on where you are; it's regional. Most of the South will use "y'all." Many areas will say "you guys" (which is gender-neutral when used this way). "Youse" is common in the New York/New Jersey area.

Once again, America is not a monolith and we are not all alike.

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buttchugreferee@reddit

"ya'll"

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hash-slingin_slashr@reddit

Y’all or you guys

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tracygee@reddit

Depends where in the country you are.

In the northeast you’d probably go with “you guys”.

In the south you’d use “y’all” or for a very large group “all y’all”

The Pittsburgh/Western PA area uses “yinz”.

The rest of the country just uses you for the most part.

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Soggy-Attempt@reddit

You’ll

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scholarofdecay@reddit

I grew up in the south, but I don't like saying "ya'll" so I say "you guys" instead.

But a long time ago I watched a mafia type of movie, something with Joe Pesci, and he said "yous" (even in singular). Not to be confused with him saying "youths" (sounded like 'yutes') in the movie called My Cousin Vinnie.

So anyway sometimes I'll say "yous guys" in plural situations.

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Creepy-Floor-1745@reddit

You all or you guys

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ButtToucherPhD@reddit

"Y'all think we could catch that pig?"

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Traditional_Trust418@reddit

Context clues

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Ok-Possibility-9826@reddit

“Y’all.”

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KatrynaTheElf@reddit

Y’all or you guys

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CheesE4Every1@reddit

You all, you and, yuns, y'all y'all all

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PistachioPerfection@reddit

Born in RI, grew up in TX. I say you guys and y'all

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siestarrific@reddit

You guys is my go-to. Y'all just feels inauthentic to use because I'm not from the South.

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Fae-SailorStupider@reddit

You guys, you all, y'all, and the usually offensive you people.

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donuttrackme@reddit

You all or you guys.

Or just use you and use context.

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macoafi@reddit

I grew up in "yinz" territory with a mother who objected to using the local dialect, so we said "you guys." Nowadays, I mostly say "y'all." Occasionally I say "yinz" in phrases like "oh, yinz are the ones who…" because "yinz" is a contraction of "you ones" and that just seems more correct with the corresponding "ones."

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TenMoon@reddit

I live in the only part of the country where the plural 'you' is 'yuns.' Not the more common 'you 'uns,' a single syllable 'yuns.' It's usage is restricted to rural people who are mostly older than sixty.

Most of us use 'you,' 'you guys,' 'y'all,' and even 'folks' sometimes.

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Traditional-Photo227@reddit

We say "y'all" down here. Of course, out of reflex, I've definitely used it singularly multiple times.

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VictorianPeorian@reddit

Midwest (Central Illinois): "You guys" for any gender group, with optional alternatives "you ladies" for an all-female group or "you gentlemen" for an all-male group, if you want to be fancy.

For an individual, either say their name ("Hey Joe, would you like to come over?") or make deliberate eye contact with just that one person, I guess? lol

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Asparagus9000@reddit

You guys.

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momowag@reddit

Y’all, all y’all, you guys/ladies/humans, take your pick? Haha

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michelle1072@reddit

C'mon ya'll, this isn't a hard question.

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Thefutureisbrightino@reddit

You really don’t as you is plural. But unless you are from the dirty south you might say you Guys or all of you.

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virtual_human@reddit

I grew up in Louisiana so I still use y'all sometimes, but in Ohio a lot of people use you guys for men or women. Many times I, and lots of other people I know, just use you and figure out single or plural from context.

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tisire@reddit

y'all is the correct answer and i will die on this hill. it fills a genuine grammatical gap that standard english just left open and everyone acting like it's exclusively southern is wrong, it's spreading everywhere because it's useful

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TCFNationalBank@reddit

I say "You guys" for groups regardless of gender mix, it's never been a problem personally but I have heard online situations where a group of women find it inappropriate due to "guy" (singular) being only used in the masculine; "none of us are guys".

I understand "y'all" seems to be nationwide by this point. For some reason it feels like an inauthentic use AAVE/Southern AmEng when I say it, even though there are other aspects of AAVE that have melded into my white Midwestern English just fine.

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DarthMutter8@reddit

Youse or you guys

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poisonedkiwi@reddit

Yous or yous guys lol

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MeBollasDellero@reddit

You’all..

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Blutrumpeter@reddit

Isn't you as plural as they? I'm not a grammar nerd, but we would say "you are" and "they are" rather than "you is" and "they is"

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Dangerous-Lunch647@reddit

Y’all

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srobbinsart@reddit

I’ve used “youse” before for fun, but most often “you” while waving my hand.

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AlarmedWillow4515@reddit

You guys or you all

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lamename87@reddit

In Boston proper I usually say “yahs” as in “the two of yahs are wicked crazy.” It’s almost like “yiz” but the spirit of the A is there.

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Phoenix_Court@reddit

Usually I say "you guys" other times I just let the context speak for itself

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OK_Stop_Already@reddit

We say "y'all".

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Acrobatic_Upstairs41@reddit

Yous, ya'll or yinze.

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SabresBills69@reddit

this is universal not regional

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gadreamweaver1985@reddit

I'm in the South. We say y'all.

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Unhappy_Performer538@reddit

Yall always works

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AtheneSchmidt@reddit

In my area "you," "you guys," or "all of you" are traditionally the ways to pluralize you.

I was raised around my southern grandmother, however, and "y'all," "all y'all" have always been part of my vocabulary. It's become more common in the last 10-15 years here, but I used to get some weird looks for using it. People expected a southern accent if someone was saying "y'all," not a born and bred Coloradan, without a hint of a southern drawl.

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kritter4life@reddit

You all, all of you

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stopstopimeanit@reddit

You guys, y’all, yous, yinz.

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lefindecheri@reddit

In Pittsburgh, it's yinz or yinz guys.

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CliffGif@reddit

Y’all - it’s not just Southerners anymore

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kennymfg@reddit

Youze guyz

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AtlasThe1st@reddit

Y'all

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PairPrestigious7452@reddit

I'll ya'll or allay'alls for a plural you.

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LoreKeeper2001@reddit

In the South, it's "y'all," you all, plural. You is singular.

In the Midwest its "you guys."

In the Northeast it's "youse," youse guys.

I dont know about out West.

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MyUsername2459@reddit

That's what Y'all is for.

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shestzushihtsu@reddit

I mean there's no plural "you", but there are words that follow or precede "you" to identify its plurality.

Generically it's "you all" or "y'all" shortened, or "all of you"

Or emphasize the number of people:

would you like to come?
Would you both like to come? or would both of you like to come?
would the three of you gals like to come?
Would you four like to join us?
Would your group of 5 like to join us?
would the 6 of you ladies like to join us?
would you lucky 7 gentlemen want a private show?

etc. it's flexible tbh: you guys, you gals, you gentlemen, you ladies, you beast of men, you cowboys.

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Tron_35@reddit

Yall

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apealsauce@reddit

Ya’ll

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Calm-Maintenance-878@reddit

For plural, I think I add a “guys” to it, so it’s you guys. I’d use it for men or women, not a gender thing, just a group name.

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Standard_Attitude_19@reddit

“You guys” can be for any sex/gender and means plural

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BusinessWarthog6@reddit

Y’all

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LowCress9866@reddit

Back when I lived on the east coast it was youse or y'all. Now that I'm stuck in the Midwest it's just y'all

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Sea-Recording-2855@reddit

always a y'all

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Lostinstereo28@reddit

PA/philly here.

It’s either *y’all, youse,* or *you guys*. Sometime it’s *youse guys*.

They’re pretty interchangeable but I’ve noticed that I tend to use “y’all” more for larger groups, or for nonspecific people, while I use “youse” a lot more when I’m talking to a smaller group of more specific people (like friends).

“Do any of y’all wanna order out?” - me to all my coworkers.

“Did youse wanna go to the store later?” - me to a couple of my friends.

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Fun_Push7168@reddit

Y'all or Yinz

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Yleira@reddit

I've been pretty successful exporting "y'all" to non-Southern, even non US friends. It just makes sense as a word, and it fills a gap in the language that is otherwise either ambiguous or unnecessarily gendered; more English speakers should embrace it!

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Apprehensive-Big8900@reddit

Y'all and nope never asked anything about an orgy. ugh

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NoCard753@reddit

By context.

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FantasticPear@reddit

I feel like I say 'you guys' a lot, but I also use y'all. In CT.

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GrannyTurtle@reddit

Y’all

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Vikingaling@reddit

If being formal you have to say who “you and your group,” “all of you,” etc.

Informally, I am not southern but I find y’all very useful.

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tetrasodium@reddit

Usually one of these:

"You guys" or just "guys' as appropriate to the sentence going with it (male female or mixed gender)

"Y'all"

"Everyone"

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freedraw@reddit

Context. Gestures.

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dimap443@reddit

I’m disgusted with the both of yees

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robbier01@reddit

I’ve never used “you” in the plural sense. Strictly singular. If I say “you,” I’m looking at someone specific and talking directly to them. If I’m referring to multiple people, I’ll always say “you all” or “you guys.”

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DOMSdeluise@reddit

I say yall

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tonna33@reddit

You guys, or You all - since I'm in the midwest, though now that I'm older and have lived a lot of different places, y'all comes out quite a bit.

My grandma would say "Yous guys"

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AmittaiD@reddit

Yuns is most common, with y’all also being used increasingly regularly instead. Mountains of Northeast Tennessee.

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hc600@reddit

I’ve lived all over (from southeast PA originally but lived in the south) and use “yuz”, “you guys”, and “ya’ll” depending on who I am talking to. Also understand and accept “youse” and “yinz” but don’t use them myself.

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2NE1Amiibo@reddit

"You guys" The word "guys" is gender neutral. You could say "You girls" but that would only make sense for a group of women. When its coed it is "Guys"

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SheShelley@reddit

Y’all. Occasionally “you guys” for emphasis but mostly y’all.

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NBKiller69@reddit

In my part of the Midwest, it's typically "you all" (though more often "y'all") or "you guys". Of course we also use "you". And in fun moments, we might instead opt for "all y'all" or "all o'y'all"

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KayDeeFL@reddit

Would all of you like to come to dinner?
If I'm only inviting one person to something, I speak only to that person so there is no confusion.

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Unlucky-Guitar221@reddit

Arkansas, y’all or all y’all depending on context

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tubular1845@reddit

Y'all or you guys

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Pitiful_Fox5681@reddit

I just don't use second person pronouns ever.

"wheninrome5000 and spouse are cordially invited..."

(/s context, mostly)

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xansha3@reddit

From new jersey. You guys, youse guys, youse.

Living in western PA and I hear a good bit of yinz but it feels to weird to adopt even after 15 years here.

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JustAnotherDay1977@reddit

It’s usually obvious from the context - whether I’m addressing one or more people - so I typically don’t specify.

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CG20370417@reddit

Without using regional idioms, is anyone ever really confused?

Im not big into the orgy scene, but I know party etiquette--you don't just bring a +1 without being explicitly told to do so. So I'd assume that if I were approached for an orgy speaking to someone one on one, that the invite extended to me only.

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JettandTheo@reddit

No difference.

Maybe "you guys" or "both of you" "everyone in the dept" etc if you wanted to be more specific.

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tcrhs@reddit

Y’all

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a-potato-in-a-bag@reddit

You guys (SoCal)

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Skoolies1976@reddit

im in Florida, but im not southern, i say you guys. if i wanna be a weirdo ill say Yinz cause im from western PA and we mostly say it ironically

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bug_land@reddit

i say "you guys" when i'm being casual, but i go with "you all" when i'm 🐘 being more formal what was that sound

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last-of-the-mohicans@reddit

I’ve heard things like yous two.

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seattlecyclone@reddit

I have largely adopted "y'all" even though I've never lived in an area of the US where that word has historically been in common use. It works well.

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No-Heat-436@reddit

I say a mix between “You guys” and “Y’all”. I’m in Colorado, where we are literally ALL from everywhere else! Lol

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Positive-Avocado-881@reddit

“You guys”

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SnarkyBeanBroth@reddit

Either "y'all" (I lived in the South for several years, and it's stuck with me) or "you all". I tend to use "you all" in more formal/business settings, and "y'all" in everyday speech.

Do you all want me to email copies of the presentation documents?

Do y'all want to order pizza before we set up the board games?

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BreadyStinellis@reddit

You guys, or rarely, The Royal you.

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hina835@reddit

Youse Guys

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RiverTadpolez@reddit

"yous" (Scotland)

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Ok_Jackfruit2612@reddit

We aren't confused because we use context clues. For example, if I am on the phone with a friend and she invites me for dinner, it can be assumed she means my husband and I, not just myself. Or, she might say something about a girl's night, in which case, it can be assumed she means just me.

You could also say, "You all" or "Y'all".

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averym88@reddit

I'm from the West Coast but currently reside in Arizona. In general, I started using "y'all" mostly to piss off boomers. I'll use it, and then they will ask me where in the South I'm from, and I respond with, "Oh, I'm from the West Coast, but I use y'all because it's gender inclusive." Makes people big mad here lol

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Sloth_grl@reddit

We say you

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butterflygardyn@reddit

Yooz guys.

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BigAggravating8576@reddit

You guys, you folks if I’m being a bit cheeky

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sillysandhouse@reddit

California: "you guys" (gender non-specific)

Lived in TX for a while where it is "y'all" which I found much more economical so I use that now too.

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WokeUpInMadrid@reddit

Y'all

All y'all's

You guys

Youse

All youse

All of you

Am I missing any?

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FireflyTango@reddit

You all?

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Nobodyknowsmynewname@reddit

Yinz

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ABelleWriter@reddit

Yous (much to mother's chagrin) and "you both".

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TheOwlMarble@reddit

Context, unfortunately.

I really hate that we got rid of thou.

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Emergency_Ad_1834@reddit

Y’all, all Y’all, youse

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Silver_Catman@reddit

Arizona, usually it's "you guys" or if I'm being silly "y'all"

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miseod@reddit

I use yous because I’m jersey trash

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TheCloudForest@reddit

You guys, you all, you, and youse are all used.

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No-Lettuce-5783@reddit

When I grew up in New York City, I said "youse." Now I live in the South, here in Atlanta, and they say "Y'all." I still say "youse." Because you can take the boy out of New York, but you can't take the New York out of the boy.

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Jorost@reddit

Context.

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QnsConcrete@reddit

“Do context want to come over for dinner tonight?”

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PublicLlama@reddit

Plural: yall, you guys, all of you. Singular: you.

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FiddleStyxxxx@reddit

you guys / you all (sounds like y'all with the accent)

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_WillCAD_@reddit

"Your guys's..."

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rawbface@reddit

We add an "s", same as most other words.

You's.

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Tough_Tell441@reddit

I'm from Pennsylvania where it's about 50/50 yinz or yall. I say yall.

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Justadropinthesea@reddit

I just say you. The context explains whether it’s singular or plural.

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kd0g1982@reddit

Context.

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Arleare13@reddit

Context is usually sufficient. If there's ambiguity, "you guys," "you all," etc.

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shammy_dammy@reddit

You guys is plural.

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Zealousideal_Crow737@reddit

I'm from CT and would occasionally here youse (more NY)

you guys is more common in MA

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sherahero@reddit

Usually context is enough. If you are inviting a married couple or family to a dinner with your family for example, "you" would imply they are all invited. If planning a girl's night, would imply just the one person.

It never hurts to be clear by saying "would you and your spouse like to go to dinner?" or "do you want to get dinner with me done time, just us two?"

I think I usually clarify who exactly I'm inviting to avoid confusion.

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HeimLauf@reddit

In general I don’t. If necessary, “you all” or “you guys”.

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Zizi_Tennenbaum@reddit

"Y'all" to generally refer to two or more people.

"All y'all" to emphasize that I refer to an entire group.

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JtotheC23@reddit

From the midwest, and most people say "you guys," at least in my family and friend groups. Some people, including myself, will often say y'all if its in text, but that's more about it being shorter and easier to type (so no different than other abbreviations like omw, hbu, etc). In more formal situations, I might also say y'all cause its a good neutral term that's still professional enough (in school for education).

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MortimerDongle@reddit

You guys, some people say youse

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GSilky@reddit

I use y'all, but that turns heads around here. Started saying it because it is fun, then found out that the NYT actually discussed it and proclaimed it the best, least offensive way to refer to a group of people who you don't want to offend with whatever. Down home troglodytes respond as well as bougie people wearing confusing clothes.

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jeremiah1142@reddit

“You guys”

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bryslittlelady@reddit

Y'all or all y'all 🤣

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evaj95@reddit

I live in the south, so it's "y'all" or "all y'all"

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Ok_Caterpillar2010@reddit

People here say "you guys."

I say it myself sometimes informally, but I find it jarring when I'm at a nice restaurant and the server says, "Are you guys ready to order?" What's wrong with "you"? We're not going to misunderstand.

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FarFarAway7337@reddit

Either by context within a conversation, or a form of physical signaling.

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Any-Concentrate-1922@reddit

Just "you" either way, usually. Sometimes you all to be clear, but not "y'all," as that's usually a southern thing.

If I'm asking "Do you want to come for dinner tonight," I had better be inviting everyone I'm talking to. It would be rude to only ask one person and leave the other person out. So the plural is implied.

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gwenbeth@reddit

Y'all is plural but doesn't mean everyone you are talking to. All y'all is plural and meant to include everyone.

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No_Cauliflower633@reddit

I wouldn't think 'you' by itself can refer to a group. If I told someone that I was at the mall with friends and he asked 'do you want to come over for dinner' I would assume he is asking about just me and not me + my friends. If he had instead asked 'do you guys want to come over for dinner' then it would be clear he is talking about the group.

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