Yous

[BigBagOfPasta]

I've just spotted my first 'yous' on here

[CuriousCatfish]

So? It's a chat forum. People chat in their dialect.

[AuntieDickhead]

And?

[SwedishEdith]

I like yous. It's logical. I know it's Irish/Liverpool but I think of it like the French vous.

[PeekabooAtTheZoo]

It’s a staple of specific dialects. More fool the rest of us for having no word to convey ‘vous’ in the English language.

[Footle]

What's your point? You'll also find some ye's ( I find the apostrophe necessary to indicate the plural) if you are very lucky.

[Sistanotcista]

OP is posting in Pedants Corner, which is the correct place for her post. She’s correctly noting the incorrect use of the plural for “you”. Whether people like it or not is neither here or there - she’s in the right place to comment on it.

@BigBagOfPasta - it’s the equivalent of the USA “y’all” - both are lazy English 😉

[Hugasauras]

I love yous. It's so useful.

[AuntieDickhead]

@Sistanotcista

OP is posting in Pedants Corner, which is the correct place for her post. She’s correctly noting the incorrect use of the plural for “you”. Whether people like it or not is neither here or there - she’s in the right place to comment on it.

@BigBagOfPasta - it’s the equivalent of the USA “y’all” - both are lazy English 😉

But its not incorrect. Just not widely used in England.

When my best friend first met her (Irish) wife we went out for coffee. At the end i said something along the lines of "so lovely to see/meet you. You'll have to come for dinner one day"
Her now wife thought I didn't like her, because in Irish "you" is singular, and assumed tge invite was just for friend. I didn't realise that in Ireland the use the plural "yous" so meant both of them.

[SiobhanSharpe]

What's wrong with 'you lot'? Colloquial and easily understood throughout the British Isles, I'd have thought.
And much better than 'you guys'...

[FitAt50]

It's very commonly used in Scotland.

[SiobhanSharpe]

I have many Irish relatives and they all seem to understand perfectly well that 'you' can be either singular or plural.

[DramaAlpaca]

As others have said, 'yous' is widely used in parts of Ireland as a dialect variation of the plural 'you'. 'Ye' is used in the same way.

Grammatically it's actually quite useful to distinguish between plural and singular.

As an immigrant to Ireland I've picked up 'ye' but 'yous' is not common in my area.

[YellowAndGreenToBeSeen]

@PeekabooAtTheZoo

It’s a staple of specific dialects. More fool the rest of us for having no word to convey ‘vous’ in the English language.

We do. You. The French isn’t plural (or have I been getting it wrong across two centuries?! T’is possible!)

[JenniferBarkley]

I love youse. Formal English really lacks a distinction between single and plural you.

[Trulyweird1]

@FitAt50

It's very commonly used in Scotland.

It’s not used in my part of Scotland - it’s more west coast to my ears.

[pictish]

It’s par for the course in Scotland. I say it all the time, though never write it. Think it should be made an official plural of you.

[pictish]

I’m an east coaster btw. I’ve heard it said all over Scotland though. Seems ubiquitous to me.

[YellowAndGreenToBeSeen]

I think of it as Essex / East London dialect. I must admit I am not a fan and have to stop myself from thinking the ‘user’ is a bit thick. Tommy Mallet uses is. Clearly not thick - made a brilliant business. I kick myself when I judge.

[YellowAndGreenToBeSeen]

(And just to check … ‘you’ IS plural or singular, yes?)

[SwedishEdith]

@SiobhanSharpe

What's wrong with 'you lot'? Colloquial and easily understood throughout the British Isles, I'd have thought.
And much better than 'you guys'...

You lot sounds a touch aggressive and is one more syllable.

[VerveClique]

It’s a lovely affectionate, colloquial term.

[deliverooyoutoo]

Youse in Northern Ireland is common parlance.

[Joolsin]

Yous/Yiz/Ye/Yizzers/Youzuns all used in various parts of Ireland - all meaning you plural.

[youkiddingme]

Language evolves.

[BigBagOfPasta]

@Sistanotcista

OP is posting in Pedants Corner, which is the correct place for her post. She’s correctly noting the incorrect use of the plural for “you”. Whether people like it or not is neither here or there - she’s in the right place to comment on it.

@BigBagOfPasta - it’s the equivalent of the USA “y’all” - both are lazy English 😉

Thank you!