The Collective Form of "You" - Democratic Underground

rucky

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Mon Jan-19-04 05:37 PM
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Poll question: The Collective Form of "You"

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Cannikin

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Mon Jan-19-04 05:39 PM
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1. I'm from Arkansas...

Its required.

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Robb

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Mon Jan-19-04 05:44 PM
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2. How about

"It's f-ckin' people like you...." followed by an expansive hand gesture. ;)

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wtmusic

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Mon Jan-19-04 05:50 PM
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3. Proper form is 'Youz'

As in 'youz guys'

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bubblesby2002

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Mon Jan-19-04 06:08 PM
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5. I must agree with you.

I spent the first few years of my life living in Ontario and that IS the correct grammatical plural of you. NOT

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Limbought

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Mon Jan-19-04 08:07 PM
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9. This would be my cherce as well.

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Bertha Venation

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Mon Jan-19-04 08:11 PM
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11. Archie Bunker Lives!

I've always wanted to flush a terlet.

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zbdent

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Mon Jan-19-04 06:03 PM
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4. HOW DARE YOU FORGET PITTSBURGH'S YINZ!

That's how it's pronounced. Properly spelled, it originally was "you'ns".

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Snow

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Mon Jan-19-04 06:14 PM
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6. It already is collective -

the non-collective is thee, thou. We Quakers have remembered this even if thee-all have forgotten.

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WannaJumpMyScooter

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Mon Jan-19-04 06:49 PM
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7. Youse guyz, Youins, yuz

Man, youz forgot a few.

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Lydia Leftcoast

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Mon Jan-19-04 07:14 PM
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8. Youz on the East Coast

When I went back to Yale for my degree ceremonies, I knew we were back in the East when we stopped for dinner at a restaurant just north of NYC (after having driven from the Cleveland area) and the waitress said, "I'll be witchooze in a minute."

A Minnesota or Oregon waitress would have said, "I'll be with you guys in a minute."

In the Midwest and Pacific Northwest, the proper form is "you guys."

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Bertha Venation

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Mon Jan-19-04 08:10 PM
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10. I married a hillbilly -- it's y'all -- drives my Left Coast sisters crazy.

eom

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