atw: Re: Youse
- From: Robert Levy <robert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:40:33 +1100
Youse is used in some parts of the US, as well. Though, I think it's certainly
not considered standard.
It's interesting to me that youse is sometimes used in the singular, where it
doesn't actually help much. "Y'all" is sometimes used as singular, as well.
I grew up using "y'all," but never in the singular.
rwl
On 10/01/2012, at 7:57 AM, Geoffrey wrote:
> Daryl
>
> "youse" has been in the Macquarie for a while now. However, the current
> online version (updated every year) still lists it as "non-standard". You
> will find it much more prevalent in Irish and Liverpudlian English than in
> Australian English. There it is not considered poor or lower-class usage.
> It's a useful word, if only we all could get over our prejudices.
>
> Perhaps a little poem I dashed off about "youse" might lighten our attitude
> towards it: http://www.abelard.com.au/words-2-2.pdf and jump to page 19.
>
> Cheers
>
> Geoffrey Marnell
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> Rebecca Caldwell:
>> I remember that many pointed to the Macquarie, as 'youse' has been
>> included for many years as an accepted multiple tense of 'you'
>
> Not in the fourth edition. There is no suggestion that 'youse' is 'accepted'
>
> as anything. Respectable dictionaries don't claim to 'accept' any word.
>
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