Date:  Mon, 16 Jan 1995 15:56:29 -0600

From:  Daniel S Goodman <dsg[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MAROON.TC.UMN.EDU>

Subject: Re: 2 pl.



On Sat, 14 Jan 1995, Ron Rabin wrote:



> "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

>

"Youse" is stereotypical "Brooklynese" and also stereotypically Australian.



Dan Goodman dsg[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]maroon.tc.umn.edu