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Thanks for pointing out my "y'all" typo -- fixed. I just don't like the way "y'all" rolls off the tongue, and never enjoyed using it. But, as you say, there has
by untothebreach 10y ago
Thanks for pointing out my "y'all" typo -- fixed. I just don't like the way "y'all" rolls off the tongue, and never enjoyed using it. But, as you say, there has to be SOME second person plural. I just like the way "yinz" sounds, I guess. /shrug
- cam_l 10y agoIf you want to be different you could always try out the Aussie version.. 'youse'
- smcl 10y agoOh that's cool, I didn't know it was in use outside Scotland. I'd always pegged yous/youse as a Scots thing
- jeremyswank 10y agoActually, 'you' is the second person plural in English. If you want a singular, you'll need to recover 'thou' from history's dumpster.
- nothrabannosir 10y agoIt was. Language evolves.
- GeneralTspoon 10y agoIn Ireland, a lot of people people use 'ye' as the second person plural. Mostly in areas outside of Dublin. In Dublin, the slang variant is either 'yiz' or 'yous'
- tankenmate 10y agoYous or youse is the naive synthetic pluralisation of the singular you (in the analytical form both are you).