Date:  Sat, 14 Jan 1995 13:00:16 -0500

From:  Ron Rabin <RABINRL[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]SNYBUFAA.CS.SNYBUF.EDU>

Subject: Re: 2 pl.



"Yous" in quite common in Buffalo, NY (here spelled "youze") among people with

Irish and Polish but not Italian ancestry (our three major ethic groups).

I read somewhere yous is carryover from Irish Gaelic second person plural

pronoun that was picked up by some, although not all, who were learning

English at the same time and heard the "example."

Ron Rabin

Buffalo State College