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[First Aspect]

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

People even say it occasionally in Edinburgh. Hard to believe, I know. But not all demographics. Which was my point.

 

[BoldonLad]

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?

Ouch!

 

[Ian H]

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?

Slang words are words. They have meaning, even if only to a small cohort.

Toronto teen slang examples: crodie, two-twos, gerbert, oppblock, peng.

 

[Rusty Nails]

Never heard of Toronto slang before so looked it up. This definition surprised me;

“Cheesed or Vexed

While the origin of cheesed is unclear, vexed comes from the Jamaican patois term “vex,” meaning “to annoy” or “to anger.””

‘Cheesed’ must come from the English term ‘cheesed off’, Shirley. I hadn’t realised I’d been speaking Toronto slang for years without ever going there. Greezy!…or possibly Misk.

 

[secretsqirrel]

Never heard of Toronto slang before so looked it up. This definition surprised me;

“Cheesed or Vexed

While the origin of cheesed is unclear, vexed comes from the Jamaican patois term “vex,” meaning “to annoy” or “to anger.””

‘Cheesed’ must come from the English term ‘cheesed off’, Shirley. I hadn’t realised I’d been speaking Toronto slang for years without ever going there. Greezy!…or possibly Misk.

Jane Austin favourite is “vexed”. No idea she wrote in Jamaican patois. 🤔

 

[AndyRM]

 

[briantrumpet]

Jane Austin favourite is “vexed”. No idea she wrote in Jamaican patois. 🤔

It's been around quite a while... since at least 2.10pm

 

[TailWindHome]

Yousuns would row over anything so yous would.

 

[secretsqirrel]

It's been around quite a while... since at least 2.10pm

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Them Jamaicans, eh…

 

[Pinno718]

It's been around quite a while... since at least 2.10pm

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I saw what you did there.

 

[BoldonLad]

Them Jamaicans, eh…

Exactly, coming here, stealing our colloquialisms 😂