UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 month agoI'm from the Y'all zone. Is it offensive to call trans people y'all?lemmy.mlimagemessage-square163fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageI'm from the Y'all zone. Is it offensive to call trans people y'all?lemmy.mlUltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square163fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarejsomae@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month 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-squareUltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoGuess I’ll have to ask the person I’m addressing in the future. Thanks comrade.
minus-squareAlice@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoQueer people who live in the bible belt still say “y’all”. It literally means “you all”.
minus-squarejsomae@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month 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.
Y’all reminds me of the bible belt. I’m not transgender but I am queer and now and then it makes me uncomfortable.
Guess I’ll have to ask the person I’m addressing in the future.
Thanks comrade.
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.