We use "y'all" here in West Virginia, just far enough below the
Mason-Dixon Line to get away with it. Having made my living (after a
fashion) as a writer for more than 25 years, I think of "yo" and
"yinz" (which I love, Jack) and other such constructs as
colloquial, regional and useful in their own way.

If I were communicating exclusively to folks from Balmer or
Pittsburgh, I'd go with those. If you're writing a desktop app for
use in such a place, I think it'd be great to toss that in as a
customization to encourage local adoption. But not for a broad
audience.

Besides, the lack of a gender-neutral pronoun in English is not a
bug. It's a feature!


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