Re: English 2sg/pl

From: "Estel Telcontar" <estel_telcontar@...>
> > > "y'all" [ja:l] (hate English's lacks of a clear 2pl)
> >
> > But of course it does! yas! And what's more, it's regular! How's
> > that? :P (Which is only allowed in unstressed syllables in my
> > idiolect,
> > but most people around me happily say 'youse'.)
>
> Actually, in my opinion the issue is that English doesn't have an
> unambiguous 2sg.  There are unambiguous 2pl's, though they vary from
> dialect to dialect:
>
> youguys /yugaiz/ (mine)
> yous/youse/yas
> y'all
>
> are all unambiguously 2pl
>
> But "you" can be 2sg or 2pl.
But not in all forms: the reflexive is "yourself" or "yourselves", marked for
number.

So if yourself wants an unambiguous 2sg, yourself can have it :x)


    *Muke!
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