atw: Re: Youse
- From: "Geoffrey" <geoffrey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 07:57:12 +1100
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
Principal Consultant
Abelard Consulting Pty Ltd
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M: 0419 574 668
F: 03 9596 3625
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Subject: atw: Re: Youse
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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