Scrabble rule change allows use of 'OK'

Re:Scrabble rule change allows use of 'OK' by wiredfool on Thursday May 02, 2019 @04:51PM (#19812753)

Y'all is often singular. Y'alls and All y'alls are plural.

There's also youse, seen in Irish english. (at least in the Dublin dialect, can't say I've heard it much in the north)

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Re:Scrabble rule change allows use of 'OK' by paulmooreparks on Thursday May 02, 2019 @10:25PM (#19814972)

I grew up in the South, and I never encountered the use of "y'all" in a singular context (I'm 48). I'm not sure where that idea started.

Edit: I should instead say I never encountered it among actual locals using the word in normal speech. Later on, the plural was sometimes used jokingly after the idea that "y'all" was plural had taken hold in popular, non-Southern culture.

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Re:Scrabble rule change allows use of 'OK' by rsynnott on Thursday May 02, 2019 @06:24PM (#19813549)

‘Ye’ is also used in some parts of Ireland (and was used in archaic English).

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Re:Scrabble rule change allows use of 'OK' by wiredfool on Friday May 03, 2019 @04:32AM (#19816597)

Yeah, definitely see that (mainly from a Donegal speaker), but I think it's more an indeterminate number. "How're ye getting on" is pretty common in verbal and informal written forms, directly to one person.

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Re:Scrabble rule change allows use of 'OK' by epanchin on Thursday May 02, 2019 @05:13PM (#19813013)

Scotland too, frequently spelt ‘use’

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