Gee, and I thought the usage was restricted to Brooklyn all this time.
Paul
On Fri, 3 Nov 2000, Charley & Peggy Robinson wrote:
> Nuh-uh,
>
> I was exposed to the word in the Windy City. They use it as a plual
> for "you." It's like "you all" contracted to "y'all" here in the
> south. I looove the variations in our language.
>
>
> Paul Nelson wrote:
> >
> > At 5:56 PM -0600 11/3/00, Charley & Peggy Robinson wrote:
> > > I loooove it! Youse guys are lots of fun. Now, does the word "youse"
> > >appear in you dictionary?
> >
> > Not since Ebbets Field! (Was that Dodgy or Dodgery?)
> > PN
>
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