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  • you

    43 34.96%
  • you guys

    12 9.76%
  • you all

    14 11.38%
  • y'all

    42 34.15%
  • all y'all

    4 3.25%
  • youse guys

    1 0.81%
  • you lot

    1 0.81%
  • yous

    0 0%
  • youse

    5 4.07%
  • yinz/yuns

    1 0.81%
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    Re: What is your plural for "you"?

    Coming from Glasgow originally it would have to be "yooze wans" but it's not in the list.

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    Re: What is your plural for "you"?

    Quote Originally Posted by Phil View Post
    Coming from Glasgow originally it would have to be "yooze wans" but it's not in the list.
    Yes indeed some folk I grew up with used that expression or variations thereof (youze, yez, etc.). However, many who like me speak Scottish Standard English and/or Scots with noticeable Glasgow accents do not. I always use you both plural and singular.
    Last edited by Peter Crowe; 4th November 11 at 05:34 AM.

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    Re: What is your plural for "you"?

    Well - where I lived, the plural of thee was thou - though pronounced thei and thah.

    King James bible English still going strong. Yeah.

    Anne the Pleater :ootd:

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    Re: What is your plural for "you"?

    Quote Originally Posted by Pleater View Post
    Well - where I lived, the plural of thee was thou - though pronounced thei and thah.

    King James bible English still going strong. Yeah.

    Anne the Pleater :ootd:
    Yea verily!

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