"they all", differentiates singular from plural "they" like "y'all" differentiates singular from plural "you"
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Avoids the ambiguity of using "they" when referring to a group of people who include some people of non-binary or unknown/undisclosed gender, or when there's a group included.
In English, we often use a specifically gendered pronoun to refer to a specific member of a group, so we would say "Sally is doing something with Mike, but she'll be coming to the party after." and it's clear that Sally is the one that will be coming to the party. If we said "he'll be", it would be clear that Mike was coming to the party. And if we said "they will be coming to the party after", we would _probably_ mean that both of them were coming to the party, but it becomes a little bit ambiguous.
"Th'all" solves this by always being all-inclusive. A guy and a girl going shopping? Hopefully th'all find some good specials. A non-binary person and 3 dudes dressed fancy for a night out? Th'all look swanky.
The possessive form is "th'all's".
Avoids the ambiguity of using "they" when referring to a group of people who include some people of non-binary or unknown/undisclosed gender, or when there's a group included.
In English, we often use a specifically gendered pronoun to refer to a specific member of a group, so we would say "Sally is doing something with Mike, but she'll be coming to the party after." and it's clear that Sally is the one that will be coming to the party. If we said "he'll be", it would be clear that Mike was coming to the party. And if we said "they will be coming to the party after", we would _probably_ mean that both of them were coming to the party, but it becomes a little bit ambiguous.
"Th'all" solves this by always being all-inclusive. A guy and a girl going shopping? Hopefully th'all find some good specials. A non-binary person and 3 dudes dressed fancy for a night out? Th'all look swanky.
The possessive form is "th'all's".
August and their partner Jim went apple-picking, but th'all will be joining us later tonight.
Sarah and her coworkers are being overworked. Fortunately th'all are going to a union organization meeting on Tuesday.
Michael Bloomberg and 14 other billionaires own most news agencies in the USA. Th'all have too much political power.
Sarah and her coworkers are being overworked. Fortunately th'all are going to a union organization meeting on Tuesday.
Michael Bloomberg and 14 other billionaires own most news agencies in the USA. Th'all have too much political power.
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❌ Barry invited Eliza to the party. They're coming.
✅ Barry invited Eliza to the party. Th'all're coming.
✅ Barry invited Eliza to the party. Th'all're coming.
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First coined by the Swedish Progressive Metal band Vildhjarta, the meaning of thall was kept very secret for years, and was used as an inside joke to torment members of the djent community. Some speculated it was the name of their debut LP release, but this proved to be incorrect as Vildhjarta put out an album named Masstaden instead. Others speculated it was onomatopoeic, in the same manner as the word "djent"; used to describe the twangy thall sound of Vildhjarta's heavily-distorted extended range guitars. This proved also to be inaccurate.
The origins of the word thall were revealed by Calle and Daniel - they were slurring the word Thrull, and after, took it upon themselves to share the hilarious distortion of the word all over the internet. The word's popularity was hugely propagated by their rabid fanbase who would embrace thall and frequently leave comments consisting of just the word alone all over facebook and youtube.
Thus, thall has no true meaning, but has become a word unto itself.
The origins of the word thall were revealed by Calle and Daniel - they were slurring the word Thrull, and after, took it upon themselves to share the hilarious distortion of the word all over the internet. The word's popularity was hugely propagated by their rabid fanbase who would embrace thall and frequently leave comments consisting of just the word alone all over facebook and youtube.
Thus, thall has no true meaning, but has become a word unto itself.
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