UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 days agoI'm from the Y'all zone. Is it offensive to call trans people y'all?lemmy.mlimagemessage-square170fedilinkarrow-up1347arrow-down145file-text
arrow-up1302arrow-down1imageI'm from the Y'all zone. Is it offensive to call trans people y'all?lemmy.mlUltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square170fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarejsomae@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down2·2 days agoY’all reminds me of the bible belt. I’m not transgender but I am queer and now and then it makes me uncomfortable.
minus-squareAlice@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 days agoQueer people who live in the bible belt still say “y’all”. It literally means “you all”.
minus-squarejsomae@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 hours agoexplaining the etymology doesn’t really change anything. I don’t know why you thought that would make me stop associating it with the bible belt.
minus-squareUltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoGuess I’ll have to ask the person I’m addressing in the future. Thanks comrade.
Y’all reminds me of the bible belt. I’m not transgender but I am queer and now and then it makes me uncomfortable.
Queer people who live in the bible belt still say “y’all”. It literally means “you all”.
explaining the etymology doesn’t really change anything. I don’t know why you thought that would make me stop associating it with the bible belt.
Guess I’ll have to ask the person I’m addressing in the future.
Thanks comrade.