What would you think about a new boss that e-mails communication spelling, repeat spelling, "yall" as if was a word?
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ethicalbro
ANSWERS: 6
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It IS a word! What do you use for second person plural????
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I would think that he's trying to be hip and trendy and "down with the kids".
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I'm in Florida, and for the locals, that's accepted lexicon. I see it rather frequently.
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I'm from the South, so it wouldn't strike me as anything unusual. Maybe she's from the South too, and she's trying to sound cute and friendly. She might be a phony, but on the other hand maybe she's just trying to convey personal warmth and make her employees feel at ease.
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You mean it's not????
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It would annoy me if they were typing "yall," but "y'all" wouldn't bother me. As others have said, I am also from the South and it's not uncommon to see it used, even in some professional correspondence.
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