Date: 5/17/96 10:43 AM

From: Steven K. Brehe

aunt who has lived in Southeast Missouri her entire life says

"yuz" as=3D

in, "Yuz want to come back to the house for some cake?" The pronunciat=

io=3D

n is between schwa and a "oo" in "foot". She uses it for singular and p=

lu=3D

ral.



I grew up in rural east central Missouri, west of St. Louis,

and never, ever heard "Yuz" from native Missourians, although

I certainly heard "youse" in Illinois, esp. in the Chicago

area. (I must confess I don't know SE MO very well.)

Is it possible your aunt in eastern MO picked up this usage

from friends in western IL?







Steven Brehe

sbrehe[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]nugget.ngc.peachnet.edu