Re: The future of the English second person plural (was Re: Aquestion)

Tom Wier wrote:

> You're right;  I should have included that one. I think that form is also used in
> the New York area.  (But Steg or John can tell us better on that, yes?)
I associate it specifically with Western Pennsylvania, in the
phonetic form /yIz/, where I = barred-i, not small capital i.
The usual word in my neighborhood for plural "you" is "Ustedes".  :-)

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