I see this phrase used a lot on blahaj lemmy. I’m actually bi but I don’t really like using the word ‘folk’ over ‘people’… it just kinda sounds pretentious, I don’t want to be described like a mythical creature

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    7 months ago

    How do you say “group of diverse people”?

    • “You all” Cumbersome
    • “Guys” Too sexist
    • “Y’all” Too Southern

    I stick with “folks”…

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      7 months ago

      Clearly “Yinz” is the ideal second person plural term. The rest of the english-speaking world just hasn’t caught up to Pittsburgh yet.