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[Rolan7]

I actually use "yous" in text sometimes, since it's pretty unambiguous that way.  Spoken, it can lead to a little confusion.
A shame we don't use "thou" though.  It's pretty bizarre trying to step around the ambiguity.  It's kinda a way to observe how language shapes conversations, and thus thoughts, ingsoc-newspeak-style.

(Which is, of course, related to my personal insistence on using "they" for unknown-gender third persons.  Bringing it back, y'alls!)

[scourge728]

While putting pictures from phone onto computer, I learned that my phone apparently for some absurd reason keeps around multiple, sometimes dozens of low res versions of pictures I take, ads, (Including having full ad videos) and has some of those under different dates for.... I don't have any idea why, There are over 300 of those things

[Yoink]

I get extremely triggered whenever I see the word y'all misspelled as "ya'll".
It's a contraction of "you" and "all", damnit! 

[Sirus]

Yal'l get too worked up about these things.

[Rolan7]

Yal'l get to worked up aboot there things.

FTFY

[overseer05-15]

Y'all'er'd've stop making dumb jokes about contractions.

[hector13]

Y'all're'd've stop making dumb jokes about contractions.

FTFY

If your going to make a joke, proper grammar is key.

/baiting

[Egan_BW]

Y'all is a perfectly good contraction for general use and I don't even live near Texas! ;p

[Tiruin]

Y'all're'd've stop making dumb jokes about contractions.

FTFY

If your going to make a joke, proper grammar is key.

/baiting

Y'all would've much fun with how language gets mixed up with the same meaning in one language yet messy grammer in another, here.
Also I use y'all despite being half a literal world away from where I guess it originated, in North America.

[KittyTac]

Y'a'l'l a'r'e w'a'y c'o'n'c'e'r'n'e'd a'b'o'u't a'l'l t'h'i's!

[scriver]

New wtf topic: why doesn't english have a direct "ustedes" equivalent? I know texan has "ya'll" as I speak it fluently, but what are the rest of you uh... all, supposed to do?

It does, it's "you". What English lacks is an designated equivalent to "tu".

[overseer05-15]

New wtf topic: why doesn't english have a direct "ustedes" equivalent? I know texan has "ya'll" as I speak it fluently, but what are the rest of you uh... all, supposed to do?

It does, it's "you". What English lacks is an designated equivalent to "tu".

It does, it's "you".

[Kagus]

Tu or tú? They're tu different words.

[Mathel]

Google translate goes through english, but I guess that "tu" is second person singluar pronoun.

The real WTF is, why english is using plural second person only. It may also apply for other languages. In czech, "vy" is used formaly ("you", plural second person) even if you are speaking to 1 person, while "ty" is used amongst family and friends ("thou", singular second person).

Combined with it is the titles by which everybody is called. In english "Mr." or "Mrs." even if you do not have a master's degree, while in czech it is "pan" ("lord"). Yes, literaly everyone calls other people lords in Czech Republic. And we do not have monarchy. Politeness is weird.

[Pancakes]

It's all you, and yous, and y'all, and tú, and ... you!