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