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What does Can a word "You people" be offensive? Why? It just looks like nothing but referring to a group more than one person. mean?
What does Can a word "You people" be offensive? Why? It just looks like nothing but referring to a group more than one person. mean?
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27 Dec 2019
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Well it shouldn’t be offensive but the word „people“ here is used to intensify „you“
So „people“ itself isn’t offensive... but „you people“ together is more intense and may come across as offensive especially when the other person is already angry
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- English (US) Near fluent
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Well it shouldn’t be offensive but the word „people“ here is used to intensify „you“
So „people“ itself isn’t offensive... but „you people“ together is more intense and may come across as offensive especially when the other person is already angry
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Its about the tone. Usually this would be said in an angry tone, making it sound offensive, and its usually followed by an insult, such as "you people, with your stupid clothes and your thick skulls"
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