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[BoldonLad]

*Youse

Yeah, I was confused what the point was (not difficult for me), as I am sure you will be aware, use of the word "yous" is common place in this area.

 

[Pinno718]

They will call it You's Party.

(The Scottish forum contingent will get it)

Aye, you's lot ya bunch o' noisy baskets ye.

Yeah, I was confused what the point was (not difficult for me), as I am sure you will be aware, use of the word "yous" is common place in this area.

Add 'yous lot'

 

[First Aspect]

Yeah, I was confused what the point was (not difficult for me), as I am sure you will be aware, use of the word "yous" is common place in this area.

I'm pretty sure that there is not a dictionary accepted mis-spelling of you's/yous/youse.

 

[Ian H]

I'm pretty sure that there is not a dictionary accepted mis-spelling of you's/yous/youse.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/youse

 

[AndyRM]

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/youse

Irvine Welsh would come back with a more expletive laden response to the idea of an apostrophe in yous/youse.

 

[Pinno718]

I'm pretty sure that there is not a dictionary accepted mis-spelling of you's/yous/youse.

Bastard dictionary.

Irvine Welsh would come back with a more expletive laden response to the idea of an apostrophe in yous/youse.

I am surprised @briantrumpet isn't jumping up and down and throwing his toys out of the pram.

 

[Ian H]

Bastard dictionary.



I am surprised @briantrumpet isn't jumping up and down and throwing his toys out of the pram.

<pedant>P'ram'</pedant>

 

[BoldonLad]

I'm pretty sure that there is not a dictionary accepted mis-spelling of you's/yous/youse.

What’s that got to do with general use?

 

[AndyRM]

What’s that got to do with general use?

 

[First Aspect]

Bastard dictionary.



I am surprised @briantrumpet isn't jumping up and down and throwing his toys out of the pram.

Are you seriously objecting to the apostrophe, not the word itself?

The correct word for youse already exists. It is you.

 

[briantrumpet]

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/youse

 

[icowden]

Youse goes back even further. Google has traces as far back as 1800 with a huge peak between 1910 and 1940, then another peak between 1992 and 2010. OED links yous with youse

 

[First Aspect]

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I am not sure how many pronounceable combinations of letters there are in the English language, but most of them are in a dictionary somewhere.

I would also note that if slang and local colloquialisms are included, the size of a language must surely be much larger than would be familiar to most of it's users.

And where do you draw the line when it comes to things that people sometimes say that can be understood, but which are "wrong" - whether that's an entirely made up word or just a word that only a sunset of people would use.

Yous/youse, for example, is one of those words that immediately tells you the person is from a certain demographic background, and who might still be in that demographic. A bit like "amn't" in Scotland, or "ain't" in London.

Are these words, or are they slang that someone has recorded the usage of?

 

[Ian H]

...whether that's an entirely made up word or just a word that only a sunset of people would use...

 

[Pinno718]

There is a common use of you's around here amongst all ages.