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Re: New Englishisms

From:John Cowan <cowan@...>
Date:Thursday, March 11, 1999, 18:10
Tom Wier wrote:

> Is _youse_ used at all still? I've always had the feeling that it's one of > those really stigmatized forms that people are quick to shun...
Several people I know from Pittsburgh use it: [yIz], with barred i. -- John Cowan http://www.ccil.org/~cowan cowan@ccil.org You tollerday donsk? N. You tolkatiff scowegian? Nn. You spigotty anglease? Nnn. You phonio saxo? Nnnn. Clear all so! 'Tis a Jute.... (Finnegans Wake 16.5)