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Wit, unker, git: The lost medieval pronouns of English intimacy

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    carsonc
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    Well, how abaht that? Yinz are gonna leave aht Pittsburgh again just cause we dahnt say "Y'all" or "Youse" n'at.

    In Glasgow and west central Scotland, another version, "youse", is often used as the plural in the local dialect.
    And people today also use spontaneous workarounds to clarify the plural in everyday life, such as "you all" and "you guys".

    Well, how abaht that? Yinz are gonna leave aht Pittsburgh again just cause we dahnt say "Y'all" or "Youse" n'at.

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    1. jtfriendly
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      Youse guys use "youse" in Pittsburgh? Getaddahee!

      Youse guys use "youse" in Pittsburgh? Getaddahee!

      8 votes
    2. Sunbutt23
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      Not every day I see yinz and youse online. Comforting like French fries in my hoagie or Pamela’s on the weekend or drinking brew gentlemen.

      Not every day I see yinz and youse online. Comforting like French fries in my hoagie or Pamela’s on the weekend or drinking brew gentlemen.

      4 votes
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    cfabbro
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    Geoffrey Chaucer is back yet again, @mycketforvirrad! :P /noise

    Geoffrey Chaucer is back yet again, @mycketforvirrad! :P /noise

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      mycketforvirrad
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      Speaking to your penchant for obscure tags on Tildes, I smiled to myself when I found myself using the tag war of the second coalition and discovered I had doubled its count from 1 to 2 on the...

      Speaking to your penchant for obscure tags on Tildes, I smiled to myself when I found myself using the tag war of the second coalition and discovered I had doubled its count from 1 to 2 on the site. The other use being your post on Napoleon... 😋

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      1. cfabbro
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        Heh, yeah I love when I type up a tag thinking it's niche/obscure enough that surely I will be the first to have utilized it, only to find out there is one another user who beat me to it. I think the last time that happened was with viking ship museum which you may recognize from one of your own older topics. :P

        4 votes