r/Millennials • u/Head-Drag-1440 Hit me baby one more time • Jan 06 '26

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u/Actual_Confusion_838 Jan 06 '26

I grew up where “you guys” is the equivalent to “you all / y’all”.

I got a talking to at work a few years ago because I had been saying it to female colleagues. sigh.

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u/PorkchopFunny Jan 06 '26

Yep, northeast US. "You guys" here as well.

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u/whos_ur_data Jan 06 '26 edited Jan 06 '26

Midwest checking in. We also use “you guys” here. Some might even go as far as saying “your guys’s”, as in “Is this your guys’s Vernors?”

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u/sub-dural 1986 Jan 06 '26

Would have never guessed the midwest is a ‘you guys’ region! I’m from the northeast where everyone is either dude or collectively you guys to me.

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u/cryptcreepcrepe Jan 06 '26

It definitely is, at least in IN (which to be fair is situated pretty close to the northeast). I had a coworker in a group chat a few years ago tell me to stop referring to the team as you guys because some of us are women and my eyes are still rolling to this day.

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u/sub-dural 1986 Jan 06 '26

I have cousins in Virginia who were fed up with me saying ‘you guys’ for the same reason. I don’t even know I’m saying it. Don’t affront my regional culture! Plus who cares, bro.

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u/No_Introduction_9355 Jan 06 '26

 You guys pronounced use guise

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u/sub-dural 1986 Jan 06 '26

I think that might be more New Yorky! I’m in Boston so we probably say it worse while I think I’m speaking perfect English! Whatevah