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Every once in a while I sometimes think about remaking the English writing system, as is normal I'm sure😅, and I wonder what would be the most useful revision of punctuation or phonetic.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

The phrase "you all" doesn't actually fit in the English standardization though and is itself just shorthand for "all of you [individuals]," which just highlights how clunky English handles second person plurals.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

hence my preference for "YOU'UNS" because if you're going to be grammatically repugnant then embrace it.