Date: Fri, 15 Dec 1995 07:17:41 -0500

From: SETH SKLAREY crissiet[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]IPOF.FLA.NET

Subject: Re: Yas, youse, y'all



Is "yas" the same as y'all? How are they similar or different? How is it

similar or

different than youse as in youse guys? (You's)



Seth Sklarey

Wittgenstein School of the Unwritten Word

Coconut Grove, FL

crissiet[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]ipof.fla.net





Kate O'Neill wrote:



Incidentally, anyone have the answer on the -s for "pays" and "takes",

which all my ESL students correct to "pay" and "take" saying that

the proverb contains 2 grammatical errors.



As a native south-sider of the Windy City,

I'm well accustomed to hearing the -s

"conjugation" for second person. Thus it

sounds rather natural to me. Possibly the

proverb was coined in an environment where

that was grammatical.



Examples:



If ya gots to go, we can go.

Ya knows what ya knows.

etc.



Incidentally, I have a suspicion that this is

related to the plural-esque "yas" that is used

with some modals and auxiliaries, where an -s

conjugation is "ungrammatical." Note: I say

"plural-esque" because it only looks like a

plural: it doesn't have to refer to more than

one person.



Examples:



Yas don't have to go if yas don't want to.

Are yas sure about that? (read "dat")

etc.





Hey, look! Another thread!



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