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Rural Wisconsin too, though mostly the older generations.
by zdragnar 2y ago
Rural Wisconsin too, though mostly the older generations.
- cmrdporcupine 2y agoIt's very much perceived as a vaguely "redneck" or "hoser" way of speaking here. Another similar dialect isogloss-ish that often goes with that is dropping the past-tense "I saw" and replacing it with the past-participle "I seen". Or, alternatively, another way of putting it is that it's dropping the "have" in "I've seen" Middle class parents and teachers definitely scolded kids for speaking this way when I was growing up. Was seen as lower class.
- shagie 2y agoThe Dictionary of American Regional English (I first heard about it in A Way With Words - https://waywordradio.org/johnny-on-the-spot/ https://waywordradio.org/johnny-on-the-spot/ ) https://www.daredictionary.com/search?q=yous&searchBtn= https://www.daredictionary.com/search?q=yous&searchBtn= While I don't have a subscription to it (I haven't justified $50/year for that to myself) you will see that "youse" comes up with an "explore more" for Great Lakes, North Midland, and Northeast and "youse-all" shows up as Middle Atlantic.