Do English People Say Youse?

Yous(e) as a plural is found mainly in (Northern) England, Scotland, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, northern Nova Scotia, parts of Ontario in Canada and parts of the northeastern United States (especially areas like Boston where there was historically Irish immigration) and in Mexican-American

Why do British people say youse?

“Youse” originated in Ireland among speakers switching from Gaelic to English. Gaelic has a second-person plural, sibh, and the Irish thought their newly acquired language ought to have one, too. So they conceived the neat solution of adding an “s” to “you” to make it plural.

Do Brits say youse?

As noted in the comments and in other answers, yous, youse is also used by some speakers of British English, (northern England, Scotland, Ireland), Australian English, and New Zealand English. It is a dialectal variant of standard English.

Is youse an actual word?

So youse (or yous) is simply a regular “add an ‘s’” plural, y’all is a contraction of the phrase you all, and yinz appears to be a contraction of you ones. In some places the phrasal you(s) guys is used, and in Kriol, an Aboriginal language of the Northern Territory, the plural yumob comes from you mob.

Is it OK to say yous?

no! the proper word is “youse,” or “yiz.”

What country says youse?

Yous(e) as a plural is found mainly in (Northern) England, Scotland, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, northern Nova Scotia, parts of Ontario in Canada and parts of the northeastern United States (especially areas like Boston where there was historically Irish immigration) and in Mexican-American

Why do Brits say US instead of I?

It’s just an old English way of speaking. Many people say “us” but if they are writing will use the word “me”. I was born in Sunderland and I use it some times, depends who I am talking to. “us” meaning you and me sounds like “uss”.

What do Brits call Z?

zed
But it’s not just the United Kingdom that uses “zed”; it’s what you’ll hear in every English-speaking country, besides the United States, which adheres firmly to “zee.” America certainly has a habit of insisting on doing things differently from the rest of the world, from its non-metric system of measurement to

How do you say OK in UK?

Below is the UK transcription for ‘okay’: Modern IPA: ə́wkɛ́j. Traditional IPA: ˌəʊˈkeɪ 2 syllables: “OH” + “KAY”

How do the Brits say Z?

zed
In short, the British pronounce “Z” as /zɛd/ (zed) whereas Americans pronounce it as /ziː/ (zee). Note that the same pronunciation is naturally used also in the plural: the plural of “Z”, denoted “Zs”, “Z’s” or “z’s”, is pronounced as /zɛdz/ (zedz) in the UK and /ziːz/ (zeez) in the US.

Why do Italians say youse?

The famous “youse,” for example, may have been coined by Italian-Americans as a way to cope with the lack of a plural “you” in English. (Therefore, you + s = youse.)

What can I say instead of youse?

What is another word for youse?

Do Australians say youse?

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A stalwart and consistently divisive member of the Australian English language, youse appears to be here to stay. This unusual word was first recorded back in the 1890s, and is is a borrowing from Irish English, where it is usually spelt yez.

Is youse a Philly thing?

Pretty self-explanatory. Youse is just ‘you’ or ‘you all’ with a little Philly flair. For full effect, make it ‘youse guys. ‘

Is youse a valid Scrabble word?

Yes, youse is a valid Scrabble word.

Why do people use the word yous?

used to mean “you”, when addressing a group of people that you are speaking to: See yous later.

Do Brits use S or Z?

So Americans use Z’s because of nineteenth century dictionaries, while British people use S’s because they’re asserting their national identity.

Why do British people say mi instead of my?

The pronunciation of emphatic/stressed ‘my’ was [mi:] in Middle English (before the Great Vowel Shift) and its unstressed/unemphatic form was [mi]. The Great Vowel Shift was a vowel change (1400-1700) that shifted almost all the long vowels to diphthongs but it did not affect short vowels.

Is Imma American or British?

Imma is a very abbreviated form of I’m going to, used in spoken US English.

Why do British always say bloody?

Bloody. Don’t worry, it’s not a violent word… it has nothing to do with “blood”.”Bloody” is a common word to give more emphasis to the sentence, mostly used as an exclamation of surprise. Something may be “bloody marvellous” or “bloody awful“. Having said that, British people do sometimes use it when expressing anger…

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