Saw this and thought of yous
Posted Oct 8, 2021, 9:12 PM UTC
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"Yiz"
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Down south they say yee.
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Y’all for one or two people. All y’all for more than two people.
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Use
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Yunse
‘What are yunse at tonight?’
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Yes it does. It's also you. Like fish. Or sheep. We just added the s for clarity on whether we were calling a singular person or a group ball bags.
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I spell it youse
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You lot
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Youseuns
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“You” is the plural of “thou”.
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"You" is both the singular and plural, and always has been.
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I remember reading once that the reason we say 'yous' is because there is a plural third person word in Irish, so we just adjusted the English to fit. Never paid enough attention in Irish class to know if that's right though, sadly.
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Yeez.
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All I can think of is ‘yous love yer mcdanalds’s so yis do’s yis cunts yis’
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Y’all.
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Or them’ns