The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #139000   Message #3185343
Posted By: Lighter
11-Jul-11 - 07:45 AM
Thread Name: BS: More on transAtlantic distinctions
Subject: RE: BS: More on transAtlantic distinctions
All my life Americans have had "operations" for medical reasons. Then about twenty years ago they began having "surgeries" instead. It isn't worth whining about, because "surgery" is, after all, more precise.

What's this "you-lot"? Can it also apply, like "y'all," to just two people?