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Re: Hey, youse!

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by: bil...@shaw.ca - Sun, 18 Feb 2024 07:40 UTC

On Saturday, February 17, 2024 at 2:23:18 PM UTC-8, bruce bowser wrote:
> On Thursday, September 30, 1993 at 10:37:07 PM UTC-4, Pat Churchill wrote:
> > There is a tendency here among the less educated to use the word
> > *youse* as a plural of you. Typically the user might approach a group
> > of his friends and say *Hey, what are youse fellars doin'?* Or in
> > conversation someone might say *We do this, but youse do that.*
> > I have a vague recollection that back in the past *youse* was actually
> > plural for you. However, I cannot find the reference. Can any one of
> > youse jokers help? :) (BTW it's pronounced like *use*)
> Isn't it spelled yas?

Bruce, I've forgotten your other nyms, but replying to threads from 1993 does
not help this dying news group. It makes it worse. Please don't do that.

bill

People are unconditionally guaranteed to be full of defects.

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