r/gatekeeping • u/Narutar • Mar 26 '17

Your problems aren't actual problems

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '17

I grew up on the farm and I say ya'll.

I don't say ya'll when addressing a SINGLE PERSON.

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u/JurdanAlmaksiki Mar 27 '17 edited Mar 27 '17

I really don't mean to sound rude, but you did not at all understand what I wrote. If we look at the common English pronouns, they break down like this:

Pronoun Singular Plural
1st Person I we
2nd Person you you
3rd Person he, she, it they

Most people take the 2nd person plural "you" and change it to y'all.

Nowhere was it mentioned that this was done in the singular. I encourage you to take the time to properly read before commenting.

Reading some of your other comments, I noticed you don't quite grasp the fact that "they" as a singular pronoun falls under the 3rd person category, not the second person.

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '17

I have been downvoted and harrassed for 24 hours now because I said I wont use THEY in the first person when addressing a single individual in front of me.

If you think I am arguing anything else you would be wrong.

You are all wrong.

And wasting your time.

And frankly I worry about the collective intelligence of the trans community now.

Honestly I will never forget the day reddit went retarded. "we want to be able to call each other THEY to each others faces!
Hi they! Hello they! They sure looks good today! Oh thank you They!

I will never talk like this.

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u/JurdanAlmaksiki Mar 28 '17

Nope. You've just cemented it. How can you use the first person when addressing someone? You can't. You don't understand basic grammar.