atw: Re: Youse
- From: David Godley <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:42:02 +1100
In my experience when used in the singular, it is more often pronounced yez
David
On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 14:40, Robert Levy <robert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> 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
> > Principal Consultant
> > Abelard Consulting Pty Ltd
> > P: 03 9596 3456
> > M: 0419 574 668
> > F: 03 9596 3625
> > W: www.abelard.com.au
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Daryl Colquhoun
> > Sent: Tuesday, 10 January 2012 6:37 AM
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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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