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Thread #53040   Message #814423
Posted By: McGrath of Harlow
30-Oct-02 - 11:04 AM
Thread Name: BS: Plural of you
Subject: RE: BS: Plural of you
"In America they've not spoken it for years..."

Americans complaining about people not speaking correct Queen's English? When did the Empire Loyalists take over?

Plural for you? What's wrong with that? Now that "you" has been transformed from being just a plural form of "thou" to cover both the singular and plural second person, there is clearly room for a variant which can indicate whether it's one person being addressed or several. In Ireland, and quite widely in England too, it's "yez", " or "yez'all". Perhaps it's time Standard Engklish legitimised this logical development.