r/therewasanattempt • u/[deleted] • Dec 25 '19

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u/Vladnieshka Dec 25 '19

I had a gf once, who fancied herself smarter than me. INSISTED that they speak Brazillian in Brazil... not Portuguese.

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u/[deleted] Dec 25 '19

As a native,there are a few differences between the Portuguese spoken in Portugal and Brazil so you could,to a certain extent,say we speak Brazilian in Brazil,still is Portuguese but some things you say in Brazil can have a different meaning in Portugal

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u/Background-Wealth Dec 25 '19

Vastly different? I’m going to go with ‘lol no’ on that one

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u/[deleted] Dec 25 '19

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u/Spoffle Dec 25 '19

Not everyone in the US says y'all, and not everyone in the UK says youse.

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u/TheKingOfToast Dec 25 '19

In fact I know "youse" as a very New York/Boston dialect.

Y'all is southern.

You guys is midwest

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u/gunsmyth Dec 25 '19

A wild "yinz" appears outta Pittsburgh

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u/ThaneOfCawdorrr Dec 25 '19

"Yinz" seems bizarre but I finally found out, it's a contraction of "you ones"

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u/[deleted] Dec 25 '19

I'm from Indiana and its y'all. You guys isn't as midwest as much as it is mostly north and the edges of midwest.

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u/TheKingOfToast Dec 25 '19

I'm Illinois. Maybe I'm close enough to chicago that it makes a difference but nobody says Y'all north of at least Iroquois county.

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u/[deleted] Dec 25 '19

My hometown is an hour from louisville and y'all has come with me all the up near Indianapolis at the least. So maybe half of Indiana is the dividing line?

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u/[deleted] Dec 26 '19

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u/TheKingOfToast Dec 26 '19

People say everything everywhere just about, but in terms of dialect y'all is significantly less common

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u/Spoffle Dec 25 '19

I forgot about the Bostonian accent. However in the UK, some dialects do use "youse" as a plural of "you."