#GetFact'd: How do South Africans say "y'all"?
How do English speakers who are of Indian descent in South Africa say "y'all"?
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Queen guitarist Brian May uses banjo strings on his electric guitars. Banjo strings are much lighter (thinner) and can bend much easier, making that signature Queen sound. He also uses a coin for a guitar pick.
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If Winston Churchill had been incapacitated during the Second World War, one plan was to replace him as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom with Jan Smuts, Prime Minister of South Africa.
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English speakers of Indian descent in South Africa say "y'all" with the same meaning and pronunciation as southerners in the U.S. It is one of the few non-American instances of "y'all" in English and is attributed to coincidence.
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