Your Linguistic Profile: |
| 75% General American English |
| 10% Upper Midwestern |
| 5% Dixie |
| 5% Midwestern |
| 5% Yankee |
What Kind of American English Do You Speak?
Yes, I say “y’all” (it’s nice to have a plural “you”), and I pronounce “Aunt” like “ant”. One thing I’ve never head that is on this meme is calling a grocery cart a buggy or a carriage.
Well it’s clearly biased, because I can’t even answer most of the questions, so it can’t conclude that one doesn’t speak any kind of American English at all. Pffft.
The Scots and Irish already have perfectly good plurals for "you"
("Youse" and "ye" respectively…)
"Youse" is also used in parts of Australia (and probably frowned upon as much as "y’all" is in the USA).
Funny thing is, "you" IS plural, as far as I (being Italian and speaking english as a second language) know.
The "singular you" was "thou", but it was dropped centuries ago, leaving the english language with only the "formal" way of addressing somebody
In italy (and in all the neolatin languages) the singular and plural "you" are clearly separate, but formality imposes you to talk to a senior (or someone you don’t know well) to use the "her", that is the feminine third person (singular or plural, as is the case).
It’s recent, though: old people and dialects all still use the "plural you" just like middle english ("voi").