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

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?)


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