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 Post subject: 2nd Person Plurals
PostPosted: Tue 24 Apr 2012, 20:03 
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What do you use as your 2nd person plural? Say also your general location.

I usually use either you guys or y'all, although perhaps the latter more frequently.

I hear yinz a lot, although I find that it is usually pronounced /jʌnz/ rather than /jɪ̈nz/.

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 Post subject: Re: 2nd Person Plurals
PostPosted: Tue 24 Apr 2012, 20:21 
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Yinz rej sej fàjno?
Where does yinz come from?


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 Post subject: Re: 2nd Person Plurals
PostPosted: Tue 24 Apr 2012, 20:21 
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I'm not a native speaker, but I'll say I like to say "y'all". :3 (Even "ya" for "you")


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 Post subject: Re: 2nd Person Plurals
PostPosted: Tue 24 Apr 2012, 20:31 
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I normally just say you. Appalachia.

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 Post subject: Re: 2nd Person Plurals
PostPosted: Tue 24 Apr 2012, 20:39 
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I say "y'all" but I often catch myself using y'all for the singular of all things. I try not to do it, but it's a habit I picked up from my family.

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 Post subject: Re: 2nd Person Plurals
PostPosted: Tue 24 Apr 2012, 20:58 
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I use 'you'. If I need to specifiy, I say 'all of you' or 'you lot' or simply point. Glasgow, Scotland (not typical for the area, I might add; 'yous' is popular).

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 Post subject: Re: 2nd Person Plurals
PostPosted: Tue 24 Apr 2012, 21:39 
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You or all of you. Or you guys. (Great Lakes Region)

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 Post subject: Re: 2nd Person Plurals
PostPosted: Tue 24 Apr 2012, 22:23 
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nmn wrote:
Yinz rej sej fàjno?
Where does yinz come from?

It comes from a contraction of You ones. It's most commonly associated with Pittsburgh English, but can be found in some parts of Appalachia.

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 Post subject: Re: 2nd Person Plurals
PostPosted: Tue 24 Apr 2012, 22:24 
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Micamo wrote:
I say "y'all" but I often catch myself using y'all for the singular of all things. I try not to do it, but it's a habit I picked up from my family.

Maryland. (Tidewater?)

Would you ever use You? Would you make the plural all y'all?

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 Post subject: Re: 2nd Person Plurals
PostPosted: Tue 24 Apr 2012, 23:54 
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I normally say I (Heh, that's Danish, as we have the distinction, you didn't specify which language :P)

In English, I'd probably say all of you or a phrase like that.

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 Post subject: Re: 2nd Person Plurals
PostPosted: Wed 25 Apr 2012, 00:46 
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A complete mixture. Sometimes I use "You", other times I use "All of you", and occasionally I use "Y'all" along with "You all". If I use "You are", I say "You're all" instead of "Y'all're".

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 Post subject: Re: 2nd Person Plurals
PostPosted: Wed 25 Apr 2012, 01:26 
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you guys, or you. (NJ, USA)

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 Post subject: Re: 2nd Person Plurals
PostPosted: Wed 25 Apr 2012, 03:12 
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Y'all, "all you", and "you guys" for me.

Usually I just use "guys" or "everybody", though. I never really thought about this much...

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 Post subject: Re: 2nd Person Plurals
PostPosted: Wed 25 Apr 2012, 03:15 
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I say "you guys" because "you" never seems to get the message across unless I perform an exaggerated sweeping motion with my hand. (Seattle, Washington)

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 Post subject: Re: 2nd Person Plurals
PostPosted: Thu 26 Apr 2012, 00:34 
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I personally use "y'all" when speaking informally, possibly as a result of watching too much American telly.

The general usage of my dialect is "yous" (/'jəz/ if unstressed, or 'you+z' if stressed), but I've always thought this sounds incredibly idiotic.

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 Post subject: Re: 2nd Person Plurals
PostPosted: Thu 26 Apr 2012, 09:29 
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I usually go by "You bastards" or "All of you bastards" or along those lones, atleasst with my friends

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 Post subject: Re: 2nd Person Plurals
PostPosted: Thu 26 Apr 2012, 10:18 
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zelos wrote:
I usually go by "You bastards" or "All of you bastards" or along those lones, atleasst with my friends

Well yeah, refering to one's friends with vulgarity goes without saying!

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 Post subject: Re: 2nd Person Plurals
PostPosted: Thu 26 Apr 2012, 10:41 
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zelos wrote:
I usually go by "You bastards" or "All of you bastards" or along those lones, atleasst with my friends

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 Post subject: Re: 2nd Person Plurals
PostPosted: Sun 29 Apr 2012, 05:10 
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I usually go with "you guys", "you all", or "you [plural noun]" in general.

General location is Southampton, NY.


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 Post subject: Re: 2nd Person Plurals
PostPosted: Wed 02 May 2012, 01:15 
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Youwall or All of you seem to work perfectly for me.


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