atw: Re: Youse
- From: Nick Shears <nshears@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:04:17 -0800
I hear "youse" in Brisbane, where I live, occasionally. But a friend from
Rockhampton says he hears it there all the time.
I spent much of my youth in South Africa, where it was quite common, but looked
down on. Like many other languages, Afrikaans has different words for the
singular and plural form of "you", so there was probably some osmosis into the
local English dialect.
Nick
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[mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kath Bowman
Sent: Thursday, 12 January 2012 8:51 AM
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Subject: atw: Re: Youse
Do you think there are regional differences? I live and work near Adelaide but
don't recall hearing 'youse'.
BTW, I enjoyed Terry and Peter's responses, even if Peter did not spell
engageable correctly. :) When we were using the term, we did discuss whether it
should be engageable or engagable, but we settled on the first spelling.
Cheers
Kath
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On Behalf Of Ros Byrne
Sent: Wednesday, 11 January 2012 8:51 PM
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Subject: atw: Re: Youse
I've been thinking that the Aussie youse I've heard is mainly from indigenous
folk, but maybe it's also working class Aussies?
Ros
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On 11/01/2012, at 8:19 PM, Terry Dowling wrote:
The 'sheilas' bit I accept as Australian. But the different definitions we've
seen seem to imply it's slang "specific" to a lot of different places.
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On Behalf Of Bill Parker
Sent: Wednesday, 11 January 2012 4:41 PM
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Subject: atw: Re: Youse
Well, here's my two bob's worth. Sitting on a 747 at Heathrow one night in
March 77 waiting for the stragglers to board and I have a group of hosties (
not my name for them) and a bloke in a smart orange jacket - obvioulsy the boss
chatting away. Then:
"C'mon youse sheilas, time for some work".
What better intro to Australia!
Bill
On 11/01/2012, at 3:14 PM, bja wrote:
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