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

From:Tom Wier <artabanos@...>
Date:Saturday, August 14, 1999, 7:03
andrew wrote:

> On Fri, 13 Aug 1999, Tom Wier wrote: > > > I find it highly unlikely that English would bother to borrow a second person > > plural pronoun when there are tens of millions of English speakers already using > > one. I'm not just talking about <y'all> (which I use): <you guys> is quickly > > becoming the commonly accepted plural in areas outside the southern United > > States. There are probably a couple hundred thousand English speakers using > > forms like <you'uns>, both in the US and, I hear, in Britain. > > You left out <yous>, which is not uncommon in speech that I hear. > Sometimes when I'm not careful, I use it myself.
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?) =========================================== Tom Wier <artabanos@...> AIM: Deuterotom ICQ: 4315704 <http://www.angelfire.com/tx/eclectorium/> "Cogito ergo sum, sed credo ergo ero." ===========================================